(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
guard; sentinel; garrison
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
armament; soldier's equipment
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
Ministry of War (Tang-dynasty China)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
art of war; strategy; tactics
military strength; military personnel
logistics; supply; communications
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
priest soldier; warrior monk
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
military service; conscription
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
regulars; regular soldiers
remnants of a defeated army
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
body guard; military escort
arsenal; ordnance factory; armoury; armory
long-serving soldier; veteran
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
military science; strategy; tactics
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
ordinary soldier; mere soldier
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
powerful army; strengthening of the military
grenadier; grenade thrower
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
batman; officer's orderly
lethal weapon; deadly device
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
soldier; tactician; strategist
armored personnel carrier; APC
extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); (lit.) reaction weapon
supply line; line of communications
sick and wounded soldiers
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
guard of honor; guard of honour
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
brave soldier; brave warrior
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
irregular soldiers; commandos
old soldier; veteran; old hand
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
righteous army (esp. in Korea); member of a righteous army; irregular militia
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
physical examination (given at conscription)
Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)
the art of war; strategy; tactics
dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating)
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
marines (former Japanese Navy)
conscription; draft system
armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department
disabled soldier; crippled soldier
compulsory military service
exemption from military service; draft exemption
armory; armoury; arms factory; arsenal
battle; war; (arch.) weapons and armour; (arch.) arms
terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses
chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
draft evasion; evading conscription
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
a personal guard or bodyguard
food for soldiers and noncommissioned officers
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
toy soldier; soldier figurine
biological and chemical weapons
instruction in martial arts
policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
specialist (US Army enlisted rank)
hostilities; beginning of hostilities
evading military service; draft dodging
black (i.e. African-American) soldier; buffalo soldier
conscript; draftee; selectee; inductee
force reduction; troop reduction
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
petty officer (IJN, RN); petty officer second class (USN)
chemical weapons ban treaty
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
petty officer third class (USN)
paratrooper; parachutist; parachute trooper
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
conscientious objector; CO
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
intermediate-range nuclear forces
system of universal conscription
draft refuser; draft objector
infantry fighting vehicle
draft refuser; draft objector
strategy of close-quarters fighting
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
binary weapon; binary chemical weapon
active and (first) reserve duty
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall
guard of honor; guard of honour
the point of a sword; the advance of an army
weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war