row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
the scruff or nape of the neck
energy; vitality; mental determination
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to thrust before; to thrust at
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
with a crack; with a smash
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
supreme; sublime; highest
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to be too late; to be too slow
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
the place for; the time for; the level of
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
postwar period; period after Second World War
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
the whole day; all the day
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over