rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
making practical; making useful; implementing
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
level; standard; water level
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
next generation; future generation
armament; soldier's equipment
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
saving from the brink of death
putting into operation; invocation
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
private citizen; civilian
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to say (something) over one's shoulder
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to mind; to care; to worry
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
visual confirmation; sighting
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert