on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by all means; at all costs
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
concession; conciliation; compromise
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
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
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
both armies; both teams; both sides
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
how much; how many; to what extent
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to increase; to add to; to augment