innocent verdict; "not guilty" verdict
without permission; without notice
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
have to do; must; should; ought to
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
bribe; money under the table
late at night; at a late hour
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
by itself; automatically; naturally
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
just; fair; proper; reasonable
at a loss for words; stumped for words
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to go to heaven; to be called to heaven
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
unexpectedly; surprisingly
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
your body; your health; yourself; you