mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to be hesitant; to feel timid
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
separate; scattered; apart
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
body; physique; build; stature
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
sea of blood; pool of blood
authenticity; credibility
person concerned; interested party; related party
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
deed; act; work; performance
reaching; attaining; arrival
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin