advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to be surprised; to be astonished
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
kitchen; financial situation
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
group; bunch; crowd; group
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to make one's own; to take possession of
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
third day of the month; three days
fixed date; settlement date
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
early on; earlier on; from early
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
in person; personally; directly
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to sentence; to assign a penalty