thrust into, stuff, cram / plunge into / stick one's nose into / delve into, go deeply into / riposte

to be effective; have effect; act upon / to work; to hold; to have / (of system) to be able to be applied; can be used

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

a grove, woods, copse / (figuratively) a forest of something