affirmation; affirmative (logic)
grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
personal combat; one-to-one fight
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
how many people; a number of people
to run away; to escape safely
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
difficult to ...; hard to ...
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
soldier; combatant; warrior
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
position; location; base; point; site
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to hold fast; to protect to the end
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
hunting ground; hunting preserve
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
like; similar to; as with; in the same way