intercept; interception; counter-attack
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
at once; immediately; right now
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to become pale; to turn pale
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
surroundings; environs; circumference
news; word; tidings; omen
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to unfold; to unroll; to open
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to continue (going along some trend)
the entire force (of soldiers)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
to temper thoroughly; to train well
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...