to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
honour; honor; glory; privilege
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
contours of one's body; figure
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
calling by name; designation; nomination
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
boorishness; coarseness; stupidity
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
audience; spectator; spectators
to grill again; to rehash
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to be perturbed; to be agitated
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme