should do; ought to do; must do
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall flat; to fall face down
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
half and half; fifty-fifty
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to smash; to break into pieces
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
counter for choices, options, etc.
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
the last moment; the very end
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude