the front; honest; upright; decent
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to jar; to creak; to grate
dull sound; muffled sound
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
guess; conjecture; surmise
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
little by little; bit by bit
name; given name; first name
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back