brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to tower over the surroundings
wound suffered in a fight
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to rock; to shake; to swing
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
that's the way it is; such is life
see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
eight (long cylindrical things)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to strangle; to constrict
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to be the ruin of (a person)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to wring the neck; to strangle
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
few decades; many decades; several decades
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
being too late; losing one's final chance
to blaze; to burn brightly
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over