army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
armed forces; military; troops
military personnel; soldier
military forces; hosts; troops
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
strategist; tactician; schemer
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
military authorities; army circles
military force; military strength
both armies; both teams; both sides
military affairs; military service
one's own army; one's own team
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
armaments; military preparations
U.S. forces; American military
military of the Empire of Japan
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
god of war; (fig.) war hero
military physician or surgeon
government forces; loyalist army
civilian in military employ
cotton gloves; working gloves
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
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
military shoes; combat boots
(wind or human-powered) warship
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
munitions; military stores
defence forces; defence corps
government forces; government troops
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
great army; mighty host; whole army
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
armed forces; battle troops
naval port; naval station
national defence forces; national security forces
military sword; saber; sabre
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
military science; strategy; tactics
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
occupation forces; occupation army
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
reserve corps; flying squadron
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
military or naval register; muster roll
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
reduction of armaments; disarmament
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
nation at war; militant nation
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
war funds; war expenditures
military style; army style
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
munitions industry; war industry
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
United States Army; U.S. Army
military system; military organization; military organisation
munitions; military stores
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
(one's) military service record
Army Minister; Minister of War
military adviser; military advisor
arms buildup; military expansion
diversion to military use
armed intervention; military intervention
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
military clash; military conflict; military confrontation
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
military science; military studies
military accouterments; military accoutrements; troop formation
army hospital; military hospital
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
garrison; occupation forces
military attack; military strike
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
military stores; munitions of war
lieutenant general (army)
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
(having experienced) many battles
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
rebel army; mutinous troops
the military and civilians
military demarcation line
reinforcements; relief column
Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
association of reservists
military profession; military post
military-industrial complex
war fan; commander's war fan
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
elite force; elite troops
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (lit.) (campaign) comfort women
wounded soldier; disabled veteran
arms race; armaments race
war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds
reduction of armaments; disarmament
Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
returning victorious army
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
military book; war history
US troops stationed in (South) Korean
Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity)
military assistance advisory group
Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
founding of an army (navy, air force)
militarization; militarisation
naval battle; (arch.) navy
naval brigade; naval land forces
military superiority; military supremacy
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
military transport aircraft; military cargo aircraft
Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
international military tribunal
International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE; Tokyo Trials
military scholar; military writer
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
commander (during the Sengoku period); military leader; general; admiral; military strategist
carrier pigeon; war pigeon
militarization; militarisation
battlefield; battleground
military spending; military expenditure
frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)
military aggression; military invasion
Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors (1882)
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
military honors; military honours
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
military-industrial complex
military offense; military offence
to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
an army marches on its stomach; (lit.) you can't fight on an empty stomach
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
man versed in military affairs
irregular forces; guerrillas
military mobilization; military mobilisation
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
confirmation of the referee's decision of the bout outcome
lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization
disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
UN Special Session on Disarmament
Geneva Conference on Disarmament
disarmament conference; disarmament talks; arms reduction talks
arms control negotiations
water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; (arch.) vase
Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952); Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
military expedition deep into enemy territory
military expedition deep into enemy territory
Nian Rebellion (China, 1851-1868)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier; infantry battle; battle between infantry
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)