one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to lose a closely fought contest
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
one after another; in rapid succession
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
maintenance; preservation; improvement
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
leather; leathercloth; razor
pleasant feeling; good feeling
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
violent emotion; passion; fury
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to run up to; to rush over
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
one by one; one each; one at a time
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
weird; strange; mysterious
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell