death penalty; capital punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
in the future; another day; later
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
rendering what little service one can
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
job; work; duties; trade; skill
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
Island; insula; island; islet
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
murder; killing; murderer
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)