to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
swinging back; aftershock; backlash
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
declaration; proclamation; announcement
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
again; once again; yet again
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts; consistency; coherence
violent explosion; bursting
will not do; do not; does not
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
intensive training; extra hard training
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to surge; to well up; to gush out
training range; training grounds; training area
many; much; plenty; hardly
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
evident; plain; distinct; clear
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier