preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
to accept; to receive; to agree
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
battlefield; battleground
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
to be injured; to sustain a wound
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb