poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to mow; to reap; to harvest
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
hand used like a sword in striking
surface of the earth; ground surface
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
solution; solution strategy
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
random; unintentional; unintended
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
globular shape; spherical shape
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to crouch; to squat; to cower
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
one party; one faction; one clique
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
sense of duty (obligation)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel