(talking in a) half-joking manner
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
interval; break; pause; spare moment
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
walking around at night; night travel; night train
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
departure; leaving; going away; recession
postwar period; period after Second World War
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
generation; the world; the age
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to claim victims; to cause casualties
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
very much; exceedingly; extremely
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to come and go; to go back and forth
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally