future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
first match (in a series)
function; facility; faculty; feature
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
as planned; according to plan
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
reinforcement; strengthening
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to put someone to work; to make someone work
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
hard worker; hardworking person
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
night attack; nocturnal assault