platform; home; home base; home plate
cannot be helped; unavoidable
shady; underhanded; questionable
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to be hesitant; to feel timid
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
limited; limiting; restrictive
refining; purification; careful manufacture
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to incur someone's enmity
middle of the night; dead of night
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
strangling (to death); strangulation
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable