name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
private citizen; civilian
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
both (people); the two of them
to walk in on; to tread upon
official announcement; proclamation
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to lend an ear to; to listen to
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
round shape; circle; circular form
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
perception; sensing; noticing
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery