to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
pebble; round stone; boulder
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
court (of law); courtroom
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
death penalty; capital punishment
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
unless one ...; if one does not ...
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to employ; to hire; to charter
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
bolt from the blue; great surprise
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
indicate reason; infers some protest
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
abandoned child; foundling
professional gambler; gamester
one eye; one of one's eyes
several times (as large, over)
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear