abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
pride; boast; credit (to)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
loyal retainer; loyal subject
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
support; backing; aid; assistance
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
in the same way as; just like
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
small piece; fragment; chip; splinter; strip; shred
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still