to soften; to moderate; to relieve
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
commander; general; leader
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to glare at each other; to confront each other
matter of time; question of time
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
(how) many times; (how) often
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
party-internal; within the party
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
diagnosis; medical examination
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to torment; to torture; to harass