after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
cooperation; coordination; link
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
very great; enormous; serious
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
prime minister's official residence
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
together with; same; both; all; including ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
colonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
conference room; council room
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting