beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
bolt from the blue; great surprise
there being no use in arguing (about it)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
transport ship; troop ship
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
censorship; inspection; examination
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
emotional scars; mental trauma
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
military service; conscription
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
sea of blood; pool of blood
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to be traumatized; to be shocked
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
patriotic feelings; patriotism