support; backing; aid; assistance
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
war; fighting; fierce competition
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
all; entire; whole; altogether
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
security firm; security company
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
in that way; thus; so; so?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
mistress; kept woman; concubine