to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to understand from experience
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
farming implement; farm tools
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to scatter away; to vanish
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
pieces; scraps; disconnected
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
number of times; frequency; count
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
great admiration; deep respect
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to stare back at; to look back at
to rock; to shake; to swing
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld