death penalty; capital punishment
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
with no effort at all; easily
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
stirring; slight movement
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to be fated to; be linked by fate
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
tear gland; lacrimal gland
helping hand; help; support; aid
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
successively; one after another
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
diamond dust; ice crystals
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on