so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
originally; by nature; from the start
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
the other day; a few days ago
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
process; course; mechanism
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
how long; how much; to what extent
to be found; to be discovered
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency