troops; group members; team members
riding together; riding with
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
alone; unaided; away from home
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
frequency (of occurrence)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
recovery; rescue; recapture
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
slight; little; insignificant
not yet known; unknown; strange
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
memory; sense; experience
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger