rear guard; reserve troops
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
something like ...; something called ...
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
close by; right there; short distance away; at once; as soon as possible; immediately
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
defense; defence; protection
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to feel; to sense; to experience
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
dozens; scores of; decades
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
top of the head; crown of the head
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted