extermination; annihilation
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
fifth day of the month; five days
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
defense; defence; protection
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
covering; protection; backing; relief
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
battle formation; military formation
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
decisive battle of brief duration
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
function; facility; faculty; feature
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to look down on; to make light of
naked eye; the physical eye
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself