to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
thousands; several thousand
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
death toll; number of deaths; body count
processing plant; treatment plant
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to be sticky; to be close together
decomposed body; decomposing corpse
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to bring; to take; to bring about
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to pick up; to find; to gather