battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
by your leave; with your permission
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
annual (plant); first-year student
pull; patronage; tug; discount
low (level, value, price, etc.)
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
senior high school; high school
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there