ghost story; tale of the supernatural
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
offender; criminal; culprit
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
place; position; location; position; standing; status
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
accomplice; co-conspirator
participant; entrant; player; competitor
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
yellow race; Mongoloid race
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
big leakage; uncontained leak
weightlessness; zero gravity
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
reconversion (of typed characters)
passing (an examination); making the grade
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
sign; indication; omen; symptom