closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to push aside; to push one's way through
to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to mow; to reap; to harvest
dozens; scores of; decades
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to grow; to develop; to grow up
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
(medicine with) a curative effect; (having) therapeutic value
verbalizing; putting into words
low quality; poor quality
directionality; directivity
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)