death penalty; capital punishment
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
specimen; sample; object to be examined
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
unique; peculiar; singular
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
locker room; changing room; dressing room
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
of course; certainly; indeed
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
craving for the limelight
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key