cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
voluntary; optional; free; elective
self-determination; suicide
flawless; absolute perfection
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
devotion; attachment; infatuation
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
this or that person; anybody; many people
to burst (open); to break; to split
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
ominous word; ill-omened word; misfortune
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to fall off; to tumble down
various places; several sources
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
green (esp. of trees, rocks, etc.)
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
the last moment; the very end
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
wide difference; a world of difference
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
shellfish; seashell; shell
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
right and wrong; right or wrong
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do