turning point; tipping point; commutation point
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
political situation; political affairs
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
decapitated head of an enemy
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
day after day; day by day
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
to order; to command; to appoint
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
home; household; family; hearth
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help
to cut; to slit; to cut open
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell