(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to laugh away; to laugh off
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
armed forces; military; troops
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to be too numerous; to be too much
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
society; public; community; social studies
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately