gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
commodore; brigadier general
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
Asura realm; scene of carnage
taste; liking; preference
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to fall flat; to fall face down
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
high and low; rise and fall
killing two birds with one stone
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
time required; time taken; necessary time
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
to backfire; to have a harmful result
simple honesty; tactless frankness
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)