tall figure; high stature
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to detain; to take into custody
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
private citizen; civilian
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
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)
one's possessions; ownership
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
God; god; ace; king; superior person
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 (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
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