simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to go with the flow; to go with the times
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
experience; history; record; career
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
consequently; as a result
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
hating; strongly disliking
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically
justification; rationalization
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
nothing but; except; no more than
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to underrate; to make light of
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
questions and answers; dialogue
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
billow; surge; large wave