to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to turn towards; to point
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)
trivial; not amounting to much
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
automatic; intransitive verb
prototype model; experimental machine
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to have time free; to have time to spare
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
one's first campaign; one's first battle
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
power; might; authority; influence
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
fundamental idea; basic concept
to become an expert; to be master at
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength