vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
useless resistance; vain struggle
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
polite; respectful; reverent
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
old army general; veteran army general
steep mountain; craggy mountain
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
old body; aged person; elderly person
sad to say; how sad; alas
desperation; struggle to the death
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
rookery; breeding grounds; nesting place
they; those guys; those fellows
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
major cleanup; spring cleaning
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
mental anguish; mental distress
tuning (an instrument); temperament
organ (musical instrument)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)