skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
end; close; conclusion; termination
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
great war; great battle; world war
casualties; the killed and wounded
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
environment; surroundings; circumstances
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
private citizen; civilian
incendiary bomb; firebomb
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
innocent; blameless; guiltless
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
murder; killing; murderer
epidemic; plague; pestilence
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint