firmly rooted; deep-seated
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
construction; architecture (of buildings)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
(crime of) high treason; (crime of) treason
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
arrest; apprehension; capture
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
external pressure; foreign threat
attraction; lure; invitation
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
very likely; very probable
they; those guys; those fellows
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
whispering into a person's ear
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
rather than; more ... than ...
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to go past; to pass; to pass by
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival