(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
ceremony; etiquette; courtesy; (Catholic) liturgy
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
council (deliberative, consultative); commission of inquiry (enquiry)
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
face to face; between two persons
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
penalty; sentence; punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
letter (of alphabet); character
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to have a rumor circulating
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence