colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
in accordance with; according to
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
entreaty; appeal; petition
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
taking into consideration; making allowances
place; room; margin; scope
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to go to; to visit; to call on
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to throw into; to dump in together
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
pretext; pretense; pretence
killing two birds with one stone
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role