blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
the whole nation; everyone in the country
imperial decree; imperial edict
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
resentment; indignation; anger
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
guard; sentinel; garrison
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to stare back at; to look back at
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen