stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to press a question; to cross-examine
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to surge (water or waves)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
I told you so; you see that?
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
weather-beaten; bleached skull
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
charcoal; charred remains
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
to stay (at); to stop (at)
germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin
to be infected; to be contagious
serious look (on one's face); straight face
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific