mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
difference; variation; difference
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
assistance; backing; reinforcements
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
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
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
already; now; no longer; not any more
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader