it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
sense of smell; olfaction
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
heaps of corpses all around
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)