number of persons; personnel
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to chase; to run after; to pursue
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
one machine; one aircraft; one life
covering; protection; backing; relief
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
finishing blow; coup de grâce
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of