almost; roughly; approximately
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
grasp; catch; understanding
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
civilian in military employ
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to be found; to be discovered
one way or the other; either way
chief; main; principal; major
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to throw into; to toss into
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
pistol; handgun; revolver
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
how; in what way; I wonder
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to fly around; to scatter
to claim victims; to cause casualties
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die