please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
penalty; sentence; punishment
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
in the city; in the community
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls
rival; competitor; competition
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
great war; great battle; world war
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
ongoing; in progress; afoot
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
by sheer strength; by brute force
to bring back; to restore
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
explosive; blasting powder
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)