the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
eighth day of the month; eight days
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
outbreak of war; starting a war
early (days); initial stage; initial
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
military of the Empire of Japan
war situation; progress of a battle
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
training; education; development; cultivation
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
police; police officer; police station
to take (be in) charge of
to mow; to reap; to harvest
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
tool; implement; means; furniture
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
Emperor Saga; Saga Tenno (786-842 CE, reigning: 809-823 CE)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)