to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
duty; function; office; mission; task
preference; priority; precedence
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to order; to command; to appoint
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
thickness; profundity; depth
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to give; to do (something) for
professional killer; hit man
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state