moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
otherwise; or else; if not
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
remembrance; recollection; recognition
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
stale; hackneyed; cliched
second; number two; runner-up
retiring from military service
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
now that you say that; now that you mention it
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
momentum; amount of exercise
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud