HUMINT; human intelligence
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
skillful; clever; versatile; handy
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
dirty work; unpleasant task
compulsory investigation; compulsory search
moneymaking; earning money
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
indiscriminately; recklessly
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
(taking an) objective point of view; viewing objectively
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
rejection; disqualification; abessive
reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars