to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
final; eventual; ultimate
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
personal; individual; private
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
please (give me); please (do for me)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just