name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to become very angry; to be furious; to fly into a rage
meanwhile; in the meantime
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)