to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
hegemony; leadership; initiative
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
decisive; resolute; drastic
immediately carrying out (a plan)
urban area; urban district
in the end; on top of that
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
text; provisions (act, treaty)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
alone; unaided; away from home
greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
even though; despite; notwithstanding
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
successively; one after another
midfield (in a horse race or motor race); middle of the pack
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials