to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
the same kind; accomplice; partner
accidental death; casualty
difference; discrepancy; variation
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
human; human-like; as a person
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
scoundrel; rascal; villain
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
end; close; conclusion; termination
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to search for; to seek for; to look for
unexpectedly; surprisingly
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
recovery; rescue; recapture
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness