to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
military of the Empire of Japan
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
end of war; cessation of hostilities
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy