military clash; military conflict; military confrontation
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
question; inquiry; enquiry
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
very likely; very probable
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
when it becomes; when it comes to
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
National Defense Academy (Japan); NDA
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
training; education; development; cultivation
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
technical research institute
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
exemption; exoneration; discharge
second-year student; biennial
school building; schoolhouse
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
defense; defence; protection
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
strategy meeting; council of war
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
officers and soldiers; soldiers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them