effect; efficacy; validity; potency
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
head; lead; vanguard; first
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
drawing a sword; drawn sword
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
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
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
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; condition; situation; 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
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
trust; confidence; credence
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...