blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
military forces; hosts; troops
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
to pay attention; to be watchful
memory; sense; experience
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
cooperation; collaboration
to become frayed; to become loose
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
don't worry; there's no need to worry
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
opposite side; opposition
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
naked eye; the physical eye