to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
war situation; progress of a battle
concealment; suppression; hiding
(death from) starvation; starving to death
Yamamoto Isoroku (1884.4.4-1943.4.18)
Aleutian Islands; Aleutians
munitions; military stores
national defence; national defense
Saipan (island near Guam)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
cabinet (of a government); ministry
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)