beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
imperial headquarters announcement
one's own army; one's own team
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
going into battle; departure for the front
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
atomic-bombed land; bomb site
attenuation; damping; decay
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
above the clouds; the heavens
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
modest and beautiful; profound and elegant
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
whole; entire; harmonious; well-rounded
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
second division; secondary division
show; exhibition; spectacle
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno