army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to fight with swords; to cross swords
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
(at the) last moment; (in the) nick of time
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy