doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to practice magic; to practise magic
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
certainly; surely; definitely
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
entreaty; supplication; petition
personal grudge; personal enmity
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
penalty; sentence; punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
leader of a delegation (body, party)
serious illness; dangerous disease