cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
soldier; combatant; warrior
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
future (usually near); prospects
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to thrust away; to send flying
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
rule; reign; government; governing
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself