reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
real intention; true motive; true meaning
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi