striking with the back of the sword
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
feeling of emptiness; sense of void
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
conductor's stick; conductor's baton
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
traditional Japanese dance
innumerable changes; infinite variety
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
fencing; art of wielding swords
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
alteration; falsification; faking
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
(as alike as) two peas in a pod