caterpillar track; continuous track
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
armed forces; military; troops
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
to live through; to survive
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
without permission; without notice
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
house where the family is out
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
for dear life; barely escaping alive
writing a script with specific actors in mind; writing a script after having picked the actors
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
outward appearance; apparent
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
hot topic; talk of the town
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
suddenly disappears somewhere
natural disaster; cataclysm
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
National Public Safety Commission
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around