to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
attendance; presence; visit; coming; advent
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
general mobilization; general mobilisation
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
war; fighting; fierce competition
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
shrinkage; contraction; economy; retrenchment
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
great hurry; great haste; rush
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
passage in a discourse; one section; one scene
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
walking around at night; night travel; night train
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
fifth day of the month; five days
sixth day of the month; six days
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number