unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
match; game; bout; contest
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
be (that) as it may; having said that
rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
military forces; hosts; troops
to fight against; to oppose; to face
periodic; regular; routine
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
rising; ascending; climbing
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop