to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
flying column; detached force
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
etc.; et cetera; and so on
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
base (military, expedition, etc.)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to face; to go towards; to head towards
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
discovery; detection; finding
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)