flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
intercept; interception; counter-attack
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to show; to bare (the teeth)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
cowering; recoiling; overwhelmed
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
pressure; oppression; suppression
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
attacking method; attacking strategy
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to cover fully; to wrap around
to run through; to run past
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
desperately; for one's dear life
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
indeed; really; truly; very much
to fold up; to fold into layers