cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
baton (of command); order; command; direction
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
creation; Creation (by God)
the last moment; the very end
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
final warning; ultimatum; last notice
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to escape from; to get out
reason; cause; circumstances
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
caller; visitor; company; guest
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
in succession; one by one
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
rebounding; recovery; repercussions; tomboy; rashness; incautiousness
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to smash; to break into pieces