no loss or gain; coming out even
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to encamp; to take up positions
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to repeat; to be frequent
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
confidentially; privately; off the record
to make an appearance; to show up
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to be in the process of doing
superiority; predominance
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
based on; on the basis of
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
intimidating air; sense of intimidation