to soften; to moderate; to relieve
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
from the beginning; from scratch
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to begin to walk; to set out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
otherwise; if not; or else
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
villain; baddie; the villain's part
trouble; bother; annoyance
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
ill will; malice; evil intent
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
personal; individual; private
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called
(clenched) fist; knuckles
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it