demobilization / repatriation

to demobilize / to repatriate

end, conclusion / end-of-life, death

to end, to finish, to quit / to be in a hopeless position

end; conclusion; finish / death; collapse; fall

直ぐに: immediately

直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon / 直ぐ: quick to / 直ぐ: right next to, right close by

straight, not bent

(obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

(obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)