to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
cushion; pillow; mattress
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
personality; character; individuality; personhood
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring