burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
southern part; the south (of a region)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
fields (of rice and other crops)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
handful; small amount; small number
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
to commit a crime; to do evil
battlefield; battleground
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
special; particular; peculiar; unique
arrest; apprehension; capture
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
sending home; repatriation; deportation
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)