principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
15th day of the month; 15 days
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
command; lead; generalship; leadership
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
chief of the general staff; chief of staff (esp. US)
don't you think?; indicates question
airfield; airport; aerodrome
new capital; Hsinking (capital of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; current-day Changchun); Xinjing
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to accept; to receive; to agree
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American