(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
guard; sentinel; garrison
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
armament; soldier's equipment
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
art of war; strategy; tactics
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
arms and cavalry; soldiers and (war) horses; troops; armed forces; war; battle
military strength; military personnel
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
logistics; supply; communications
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
regiment of military policemen
military service; conscription
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
priest soldier; warrior monk
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Ministry of War (Tang dynasty China)
United States Marine Corps; US Marines
remnants of a defeated army
body guard; military escort
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
regulars; regular soldiers
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
armed forces; battle troops
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
long-serving soldier; veteran
private; recruit; aircraftman; seaman
ordinary soldier; mere soldier
military science; strategy; tactics
small build; small stature
militia; paramilitary group
soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods
light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket
soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person
powerful army; strengthening of the military
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
great stature; large build
remnants of a defeated army
arsenal; ordnance factory; armoury; armory
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
Hyogo Prefectural Police (abbr)
lethal weapon; deadly device
parade; review (of troops)
enrich the country, strengthen the army
sick and wounded soldiers
military review; troop review; (military) parade
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
soldier; tactician; strategist
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)
mounted archer; horse archer
guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
grenadier; grenade thrower
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
batman; officer's orderly
military academy; service academy
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
government soldier; officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted
reserve army; flying column; troops kept in reserve for flexible deployment
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
old soldier; veteran; old hand
military review; (military) parade
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
supply line; line of communications
physical examination (given at conscription)
defeated soldier; defeated troops; routed army
conscription; draft system
irregular soldiers; commandos
acoustic weapon; sonic weapon
armored personnel carrier; APC
righteous army (esp. in Korea); member of a righteous army; irregular militia
Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)
extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); (lit.) reaction weapon
airman; airwoman; aviator
chemical weapons ban treaty
biological and chemical weapons
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
the art of war; strategy; tactics
traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryō period); military command body (early Meiji period)
compulsory military service
lewdness; lewd person; lecher
armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department
disabled soldier; crippled soldier
terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses
dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating)
marines (former Japanese Navy)
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
armory; armoury; arms factory; arsenal
battle; war; (arch.) weapons and armour; (arch.) arms
Siberia Intervention (1918-1922); Siberian Expedition
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
Marine Expeditionary Force (US)
exemption from military service; draft exemption
chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
a personal guard or bodyguard
draft evasion; evading conscription
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
brave soldier; brave warrior
private; recruit; aircraftman; seaman
the Imperial Army; heaven-send army
guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
food for soldiers and noncommissioned officers
logistics; supply; communications
student soldier (in WWII)
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)
male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
wargame; map exercise; kriegspiel
force reduction; troop reduction
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
toy soldier; soldier figurine
policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
hostilities; beginning of hostilities
evading military service; draft dodging
specialist (US Army enlisted rank)
Hyogo University of Teacher Education
guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
instruction in martial arts
naval militia; maritime militia
conscript; draftee; selectee; inductee
ABC weapons (atomic, biological, chemical)
disabled soldier; crippled soldier
a little learning is a dangerous thing
black (i.e. African-American) soldier; buffalo soldier
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
a little learning is a dangerous thing
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
wargame piece (on a training map); map symbol (representing troops)
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
petty officer (IJN, RN); petty officer second class (USN)
a little learning is a dangerous thing
hypersonic glide vehicle; hypersonic glide weapon
soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
petty officer third class (USN)
system of universal conscription
UN Disengagement Observer Force; UNDOF
female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
a little learning is a dangerous thing
a little learning is a dangerous thing
a little learning is a dangerous thing
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period
guard of honor; guard of honour
the point of a sword; the advance of an army
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
infantry fighting vehicle
intermediate-range nuclear forces
evenly splitting the bill
defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall
strategy of close-quarters fighting
conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
yokohyōgo; yoko-hyogo; extravagant female hairstyle worn by oiran courtesans
conscientious objector; CO
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
active and (first) reserve duty
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
binary weapon; binary chemical weapon
draft refuser; draft objector
draft refuser; draft objector
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier; infantry battle; battle between infantry
weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war
runner (soldier responsible for delivering messages)
maintenance engineer; ground crew
pikeman; spearman; lanceman
starting with only a king on the board and three pawns in hand (as a handicap when teaching a beginner)
book on military strategy; treatise on the art of war
Naval Fighter Weapons School
College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Hyōgo Women's Junior College
Hyogo University of Health Sciences
Swiss Guard; Pontifical Swiss Guard
Shimohyōgo Station (Wakayama)
razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)
hebesu (var. of citrus fruit from Miyazaki); hebezu