document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
minute adjustment; fine tuning
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
conviction; belief; confidence
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
indescribable; having no way to express
sword skills; swordsmanship
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
throng; gathering of people
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
noisy; confused; uproarious
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
sleazy; vulgar; low-life; shabby
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting