to fight to the bitter end
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
propulsive power; driving force
to freeze; to refrigerate
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
kanji "fire" radical at bottom
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
ceremony; celebration; law code; Sweden
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
land subsidence; decline in influence
(in) her way; peculiar to her
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
generation; lifetime; age
to tumble down; to roll down
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
grave maintenance; grave keeper
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
to have a smattering knowledge of
traditional; customary; conventional
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
custom; custom-made; customization; customs (government agency); customs duty
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to compel; to force; to oblige
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness