beheading (an instance of beheading, as punishment)

Middle Ages / Short for 中世日本語: Late Middle Japanese

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

to hit, to beat, to strike / (baseball) to hit / (computing) to type / (shogi) to drop / to make noodles

penalty, punishment / to punish / to execute (to kill as a penalty)

punishment

punishment; sentence; penalty

a book / a script; a scenario / source; origin; root

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something