army;  armed forces;  military authorities;  team;  group
 armed forces;  military;  troops
 military personnel;  soldier
 military forces;  hosts;  troops
 whole army;  whole team;  all armies;  all teams
 allied forces;  the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
 strategist;  tactician;  schemer
 military authorities;  army circles
 military force;  military strength
 both armies;  both teams;  both sides
 military affairs;  military service
 one's own army;  one's own team
 one army;  whole army;  first string players;  the cool kids;  the popular kids
 military service;  serving in a war;  taking part in a campaign
 armaments;  military preparations
 U.S. forces;  American military
 military of the Empire of Japan
 friendly army;  friendly troops;  allied army
 family positioned to accede to the shogunate
 war funds;  war chest;  funds (for activities);  campaign funds
 commander-in-chief;  Taishōgun;  one of the eight gods of the koyomi
 forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
 god of war; (fig.) war hero
 military physician or surgeon
 government forces;  loyalist army
 civilian in military employ
 cotton gloves;  working gloves
 reserves (esp. troops);  reserve army;  potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly);  people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition);  wannabees
 to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan;  to be declared the winner
 battle flag;  standard;  (regimental) colours;  colors;  ensign
 military shoes;  combat boots
 (wind or human-powered) warship
 navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
 military discipline;  military regulations;  military rules
 gourd-shaped war fan;  referee's fan;  stratagem;  tactics
 munitions;  military stores
 government forces;  government troops
 defence forces;  defence corps
 to capitulate;  to surrender;  to submit to;  to concede
 defeat;  lost battle;  defeated army
 great army;  mighty host;  whole army
 naval port;  naval station
 one army;  whole army;  first string players;  the cool kids;  the popular kids
 national defence forces;  national security forces
 armed forces;  battle troops
 military sword;  saber;  sabre
 imperial soldier;  soldier in an imperial army
 commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians;  great, unifying leader
 military science;  strategy;  tactics
 military secret;  classified military material;  military aircraft
 lieutenant general;  vice-shogun
 occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
 occupation forces;  occupation army
 General Winter;  hard winter;  Jack Frost
 eastern army (e.g. in a civil war);  Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
 western army (e.g. in a civil war);  Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
 war funds;  war expenditures;  military spending
 military operation;  military tactics;  military strategy
 reserve corps;  flying squadron
 military or naval register;  muster roll
 reduction of armaments;  disarmament
 military discipline;  military regulations;  military rules
 military administration;  military government;  military junta;  government affairs relating to the military
 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946);  Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
 military law;  martial law;  tactics;  strategy
 Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
 to capitulate;  to surrender;  to submit to;  to concede
 nation at war;  militant nation
 martial law;  articles of war;  military disciple;  military law
 Department of the Army;  Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
 military style;  army style
 war funds;  war expenditures
 munitions industry;  war industry
 southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
 United States Army;  U.S. Army
 centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
 military system;  military organization;  military organisation
 munitions;  military stores
 (one's) military service record
 northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
 Army Minister;  Minister of War
 military adviser;  military advisor
 arms buildup;  military expansion
 armed intervention;  military intervention
 diversion to military use
 lone (isolated) force;  forlorn force
 military clash;  military conflict;  military confrontation
 war funds;  war chest;  campaign fund
 White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
 military science;  military studies
 military accouterments;  military accoutrements;  troop formation
 garrison;  occupation forces
 army hospital;  military hospital
 defense contractor;  defence contractor;  defense industry;  defence industry
 war;  battle;  campaign; (arch.)  troops; (arch.)  forces
 military attack;  military strike
 former army;  Imperial Japanese Army
 military stores;  munitions of war
 to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner);  to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
 Giants (Japanese baseball team)
 lieutenant general (army)
 (having experienced) many battles
 battleship sushi;  gunkan maki;  sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
 the military and civilians
 military demarcation line
 rebel army;  mutinous troops
 reinforcements;  relief column
 Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
 association of reservists
 military profession;  military post
 military-industrial complex
 war fan;  commander's war fan
 wounded soldier;  disabled veteran
 elite force;  elite troops
 naval arsenal;  naval shipyard
 veteran;  reservist;  ex-soldier
 women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (lit.) (campaign) comfort women
 Eighth Route Army;  18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
 arms race;  armaments race
 war materiel;  military expenses;  war fund;  campaign funds
 reduction of armaments;  disarmament
 returning victorious army
 to capitulate;  to surrender;  to submit to;  to concede
 military book;  war history
 US troops stationed in (South) Korean
 Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity)
 military assistance advisory group
 Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
 gourd-shaped war fan;  referee's fan;  umpire's fan;  fan-shaped emblem
 militarization;  militarisation
 founding of an army (navy, air force)
 military transport aircraft;  military cargo aircraft
 naval brigade;  naval land forces
 naval battle; (arch.)  navy
 military superiority;  military supremacy
 female-led army;  all-female regiment;  female group
 power behind the throne;  éminence grise;  kingmaker;  wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
 Red Army;  Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
 Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
 international military tribunal
 might is right;  history is written by the victors;  winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong
 military scholar;  military writer
 International Military Tribunal for the Far East;  IMTFE;  Tokyo Trials
 militarization;  militarisation
 battleship sushi;  gunkan maki;  sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
 commander (during the Sengoku period);  military leader;  general;  admiral;  military strategist
 carrier pigeon;  war pigeon
 battlefield;  battleground
 military spending;  military expenditure
 frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)
 winning a battle;  victory;  victorious battle
 military aggression;  military invasion
 losing a battle;  lost battle;  battle one cannot win;  battle one is doomed to lose
 Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
 don't be a sore loser;  don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
 Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
 military honors;  military honours
 Arduous March;  North Korean famine of the late 1990s
 gourd-shaped war fan;  referee's fan;  umpire's fan;  fan-shaped emblem
 industrial reserve force;  the ranks of the unemployed
 Songun;  military-first policy of North Korea
 National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
 Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors (1882)
 General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers);  GHQ
 military offense;  military offence
 military-industrial complex
 White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
 to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan
 forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
 an army marches on its stomach; (lit.) you can't fight on an empty stomach
 beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
 great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
 man versed in military affairs
 irregular forces;  guerrillas
 military mobilization;  military mobilisation
 court of inquiry;  court of enquiry
 confirmation of the referee's decision of the bout outcome
 lack of (slackness in) military discipline;  demoralization
 disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
 disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
 UN Special Session on Disarmament
 Geneva Conference on Disarmament
 disarmament conference;  disarmament talks;  arms reduction talks
 arms control negotiations
 water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.);  flask; (arch.)  vase
 Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952);  Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
 National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
 United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
 United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
 Far East Command;  FEC;  United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
 military expedition deep into enemy territory
 military expedition deep into enemy territory
 Nian Rebellion (China, 1851-1868)
 infantry;  infantryman;  foot soldier;  infantry battle;  battle between infantry
 lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)