stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
one by one; one after another; successively
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
front; frontage; facade; main
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
loophole; crenel; gun port; porthole
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
intercept; interception; counter-attack
while; even though; despite
advance; moving forward; progress
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
cooperation; coordination; link