makyō; Chinese magic mirror; bronze mirror that projects a hidden sacred image when reflecting a beam of light
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
match; game; bout; contest
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
legendary beast; magical beast
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
infection; contagion; becoming infected
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of