to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to be nearing death; to be dying
while alive; during one's lifetime
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
these guys; these fellows
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
not yet known; unknown; strange
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable