the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
end of life; death; annihilation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
those (near the second person)
in succession; one by one
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to collapse into; to flop onto
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
exaltation; emotional uplift
this (very thing); this precisely