shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
evening; early night hours
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to wipe out; to put an end to
open; public; official; overt
vacant house; unoccupied house
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
hills and fields; countryside
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
everywhere; all over; throughout
street fighting; urban warfare
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
even though it is not; despite not
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it