army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
armed forces; military; troops
strategist; tactician; schemer
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
military authorities; army circles
military affairs; military service
army of demons; demonic horde; obstacles to Buddhist practice; forces that hinder spiritual enlightenment
military of the Empire of Japan
military force; military strength
both armies; both teams; both sides
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
one's own army; one's own team
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
national defence forces; national security forces
military doctor; army surgeon
armaments; military preparations
government forces; loyalist army
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
civilian in military employ
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
US military; United States Armed Forces
cotton gloves; working gloves
military shoes; combat boots
military sword; saber; sabre
soldier's equipment; war outfit; war fatigues; (wearing) soldier's fatigues
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
government forces; government troops
second team; reserve team; farm team; second-string players
defence forces; defence corps
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
military science; strategy; tactics
naval port; naval station
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
munitions; military stores
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
military clique; military party
Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty)
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; Japanese Red Army; JRA
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
great army; mighty host; whole army
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
armed forces; battle troops
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
occupation forces; occupation army
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
private military company; mercenary group
reduction of armaments; disarmament
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
nation at war; militant nation
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
military register; muster roll
reserve corps; flying squadron
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
war funds; war expenditures
military school; military academy
munitions factory; arms factory; war plant
(one's) military service record
munitions industry; war industry
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
military system; military organization; military organisation
United States Army; US Army
military style; army style
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
might is right; history is written by the victors
many armies; many troops; vast army; hosts; host of heaven
Army Minister; Minister of War
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
munitions; military stores; war supplies
German Air Force; Luftwaffe
military adviser; military advisor
(army) military academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy
military expansion; arms buildup
military science; military studies
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
diversion to military use
war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds
arms buildup; military expansion
military intervention; armed intervention
military clash; military conflict; military confrontation
military profession; military post
military accouterments; military accoutrements; troop formation
army hospital; military hospital
People's Liberation Army; PLA
garrison; occupation forces
Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
opposing militarism; anti-military sentiment; anti-war stance; rebel army; mutinous troops; insurgents
military expansion; arms buildup
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
reinforcements; relief column
Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
military-industrial complex
military stores; munitions of war
the military and civilians
lieutenant general (army)
association of reservists
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
(having experienced) many battles
elite force; elite troops
war fan; commander's war fan
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
wounded soldier; disabled veteran
military preparatory school (for the Imperial Japanese Army)
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
triumphant general; general returning in triumph
Imperial Japanese Army (1872-1945)
returning victorious army
army, navy and air force; land, sea and air forces
US troops stationed in South Korea
arms race; armaments race
Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity)
US military bases in Japan
navy aircraft; naval aircraft
gunjin shogi (board game)
reduction of armaments; disarmament
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; (lit.) if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
military assistance advisory group
military book; war history
Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
military attack; military strike
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
founding of an army (navy, air force)
military demarcation line
military transport aircraft; military cargo aircraft
United States Space Force
naval battle; (arch.) navy
People's Liberation Army (China); PLA
naval brigade; naval land forces
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
militarization; militarisation
military superiority; military supremacy
(United States) Air Force Academy
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)
Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
international military tribunal
military scholar; military writer
International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE; Tokyo Trials
comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII
commander (during the Sengoku period); military leader; general; admiral; military strategist
militarization; militarisation
carrier pigeon; war pigeon
military spending; military expenditure
frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)
military aggression; military invasion
Nagasaki Naval Training Center (est. 1855 at the entrance to Dejima)
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)
Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors (1882)
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952); GHQ
Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
Red Army Faction; Baader-Meinhof Group
military honors; military honours
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; FARC
military offense; military offence
military-industrial complex
to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
Marine Expeditionary Force (US)
man versed in military affairs
military mobilization; military mobilisation
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
area army (of the Imperial Japanese Army); field army
water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; (arch.) vase
in accordance with the referee's decision
UN Disengagement Observer Force; UNDOF
gunjin shogi (board game)
Air Force Association; AFA
militarization (of a country); militarisation
March of the Volunteers (national anthem of China)
March of the Volunteers (national anthem of China)
irregular forces; guerrillas
UN Special Session on Disarmament
People's Liberation Army Daily (PRC); PLA daily
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; UNIFIL
Naval Fighter Weapons School
Geneva Conference on Disarmament
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the US Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
disarmament conference; disarmament talks; arms reduction talks
Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952); Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
United Nations Emergency Force
Special Air Service; Special Air Service Regiment
military expedition deep into enemy territory
West Point military-academy
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
arms control negotiations
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
The General (1936 novel by C. S. Forester)
US troops stationed in Okinawa
Nian Rebellion (of China; 1851-1868)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
military expedition deep into enemy territory
Imo Incident (riot in Seoul, Korea; July 23, 1882)
lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)