if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
battle formation; military formation
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
one after another; in rapid succession
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
succeeding; following; trailing; next
space; interval; space character; whitespace
advance; moving forward; progress
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
this (very thing); this precisely
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
usually; under usual circumstances
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
great man; magnanimous man