judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
death penalty; capital punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
hide-and-seek and tag; children's game where the participants first hide, then run away from the seeker
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
progress; advance; improvement; development
(one) could even say that
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to tumble down; to roll down
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
playing in the mud; playing with mud
neighbourhood; neighborhood
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally