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company; battery; troop

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

4

full moon

1

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

9

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests

2

rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area

1

arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo

1

gunfire

1

smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle

1

baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)

2

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

2

in very small pieces

1

rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession

3

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

2

starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)

1

technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

4

next generation; future generation

1

armament; soldier's equipment

3

saving from the brink of death

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

2

alloy

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution

1

bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

1

private citizen; civilian

2

relief; aid; rescue

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

machine gun

3

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)

1

stone (used for throwing)

2

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

1

running the whole distance

1

launching pad

1

to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

3

moment; instant

1

to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

1

left hook

1

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

1

article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article

2

bandolier; bandoleer; ammo belt; driving band (of a shell or bullet); rotating band

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

if possible

1

figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

2