headquarters; head office; main office
but; however; provided that
killing and wounding; bloodshed
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
squad of swordsmen; unit armed with drawn swords; Battōtai; special police unit of swordsmen during the Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
expectation; anticipation; forecast
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
military authorities; army circles
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
one person; another name; nickname; alias
several people; a few people
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
current cabinet; present cabinet
trust; confidence; credence