beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents
end of a road; end of a street
opening inward (e.g. door, window)
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
critical hit (esp. in RPGs)
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
future problems; consequences
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
work; labor; labour; toil
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
completely submerged (e.g. in water); completely soaked (e.g. with rain)
assault; violence; damaging (someone)
flat broke; cleaned out; penniless
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
caricature; cartoon; comics
powerless; helpless; incompetent
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
chain mail (armor, armour)
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
to be extremely dangerous
to persuade someone to accept the inevitable