mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
(within a) territory; domains
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to push back; to press back; to force back
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
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
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
prickling; stinging; tingling
(opening of a) wound; cut
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to sniff out; to get wind of
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
lower half of the body; nether parts
posture; position; stance
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare