biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
defense; defence; protection
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
total energy; all efforts
command; lead; generalship; leadership
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
prayer (for something); supplication
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
than; other than; except; but
first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
sleepover; overnight stay
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to take (be in) charge of
authority; power; influence
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
distant look; faraway look
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to begin shooting; to shoot out
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
manufacturing; craftsmanship; build