conservative swing; drift to the right; rightward trend
small fraction; small proportion
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
last days; the end; one's fate
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
strategy meeting; council of war
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
diversion; putting something to another use
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
conscious; deliberate; intentional
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
ago; since; before; previous