to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
merits; distinguished services
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to put to trial; to argue in court
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
death by hanging; execution by hanging
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
timewise; temporal; chronal
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to lose one's way; to get lost
GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight