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
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
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 pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
at that time; in those days
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
next term; next period; next version; next release
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
desperately; for one's dear life
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
Formula One (form of motor racing); F1
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)