top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
war; battle; match; game; competition
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
(medical) follow-up; observation
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to increase; to add to; to augment
group; party; team; squad; section
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game of go
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
offense and defense; offence and defence
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up