anti-ship; anti-warship; anti-surface
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
(necessary) personnel; required person
assize; court; legislature
chief; main; principal; major
limited; limiting; restrictive
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
tangible and intangible; material and spiritual
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
postwar period; period after Second World War
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)