the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
absolute obedience; complete submission
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
recompense; indemnity; atonement
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
carnivore; carnivorous animal
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike
end of life; death; breathing one's last
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
to claim victims; to cause casualties
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
dark night; moonless night
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to be dampened (of one's enthusiasm, enjoyment, etc.); to be reduced; to be weakened; to be spoiled
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
moment to quit; way to quit
to fall flat; to fall face down
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to explain adequately; to be accountable