suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to be ardent (of passion, zeal, etc.); to be aflame
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
wife and children; (arch.) wife
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
to lose sight of; to miss
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
property; fortune; assets
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be compatible (with); to be in harmony; to coexist
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
convenient; handy; useful
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than