stage mother (mother of a child actor)
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
starvation; famine; hunger
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
diamond dust; ice crystals
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
slash (punctuation mark); slash; slit
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
leap up from the initial charge in order to surprise the opponent; (Minamoto Yoshitsune's legendary) eight ship leap
criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)
magic bullet; magic bullets
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
gale; violent (strong) wind
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
bipartite; in two parts; double
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)
top of the head; crown of the head
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; menstruation
insatiable; untiring; persistent
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger