war; fighting; fierce competition
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
supreme command; high command
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
end of war; cessation of hostilities
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to live through; to survive
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
use; utilization; utilisation; application