belligerence; fighting spirit
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to speak; to say; to vocalize
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
telecommunications; correspondence
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to become desperate; to give in to despair
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
world; society; people; the public
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
human-interest article; page-three news; police news
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
laughingstock; object of ridicule
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)