(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
setting a bad example to others
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
awareness; realization; noticing
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
to give the stamp of approval
maintaining the status quo
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
trio; gang of three; threesome
with a start; with a jump
soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
such; like that; that sort of
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
insight; power of observation
to be to the point; to be pertinent
regulation; adjustment; control
again and again; repeatedly
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission