Nounvanguard; advance guard

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbresignation; stepping down; retirement · retreat; decamping; withdrawal

Noun, Suru verbbattle formation · lineup (e.g. for a game)

Nounone's first campaign; one's first battle

Nounpress corps

Nounbattle formation · camp; encampment; position · group; gang; party; corps

Noungust of wind · vanguard

Noun(forming a) circle; huddle · circular (battle) formation

Nouncamp; battlefield

Nounstronghold

Nounsword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

Nountroop headquarters; stronghold · inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

Nounrear guard; reserve troops

Nouncolumn

Nounsquare formation (of troops) · magic square

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbconfrontation of armies

Noun(lineup of authors engaged in a) war of words

Nounenemy camp; enemy line · last 3 rows of the board

Noun(construction of an) argument

Noun, Suru verbencampment

Nouninner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel

Nounbattle array; battle formation; battlefield

Nounouter sanctum; nave; transept

Nounone's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

Nouneach encampment · strong (wind); fierce · intermittent

Noun, Suru verbarriving at camp (military) · (a court noble) attending a government office

Nounline abreast; rank

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbarrival at a military camp; joining in a battle

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreturning from the battlefield; returning to camp

Nounthe management ranks

Nounsingle column (in marching)

Nounmagic square

Nounfaculty; professorate; group of professors

Nouncriminal investigation squad (team)

Nounpitching staff

Nounengineering staff

Nounpress corps; group of reporters

Nounsummoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle

Nounsingle line (of ships); single line formation; line of battle

Nounleaders; (the) leadership

Nounteaching body; group of lecturers; instructors

Nounfirst wave (of troops, immigrants, etc.); first group

Nounopponent's territory (comp. karuta); the section of the playing field where one's opponent places their cards

Nountop-ranked players; leaders; frontrunners

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounfighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort

Nounphalanx

Noundeparture of students for the front (in WWII)

NounLatin square

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounsummer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615)