ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
bygones; the past; past event
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
at a stroke; with a single swoop
dealing with; coping with
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
sick person; patient; invalid
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
submission; return to allegiance
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
whichever one chooses; either way
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
internal conditions; true state of affairs
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
witnessing; observing; sighting
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
it's no joke; gimme a break!
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
to breathe out; to exhale
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived