ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
by all means; by all costs
instead; but (on the other hand)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
the same kind; accomplice; partner
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
until now; so far; up to the present
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
motherland; fatherland; native country
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to approach; to draw near
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
so what!; who gives a damn?
sympathy; compassion; pity
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by