person with a bounty on their head
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
good person; virtuous person
heart; guts; nerve; central part
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
function; facility; faculty; feature
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to tighten; to press hard
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
phantom; vision; illusion
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
many; much; plenty; hardly
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to turn towards; to point
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
training; drill; practice; discipline
military personnel; soldier
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple