shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
soldier; combatant; warrior
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to flare up; to burst into flames
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
street stall; stand; booth
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
pupil; student; schoolchild
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to stop (plug) one's ears
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to move forward; to move on
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
worry; mental agony; heartache
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty