to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
armed forces; military; troops
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
how many people; a number of people
reexamination; reinvestigation; resurvey
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
very likely; very probable
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
wild beast; wild animal; brute
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
witnessing; observing; sighting
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
religious organization; religious organisation
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)