advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
each prefecture; all prefectures
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
very great; enormous; serious
to be damaged; to receive damage
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
intensive; concentrated; focused
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
orders; instructions; directive; command
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
Saitama (city, prefecture)
center of an explosion; centre of an explosion
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
suddenly; all of a sudden
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
Japanese person; Japanese people
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
military force; military strength
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
young person; youth; young