riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
and yet; though; when; in spite of
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
price; cost; value; worth; value
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
ten-year-old; ten year old
candy fashioned in human and animal forms; deceptive appearance; all show; empty suit
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
penalty; sentence; punishment
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to spit out; to eject; to dump
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life