loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
at that time; in those days
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
trial; judgement; judgment
impossible; unlikely; improbable
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
letting (someone) die without helping
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
holding back (from selling); standing out
sudden price jump; steep price rise
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
pair; the two; both persons; both things
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay