counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
impossible; unlikely; improbable
country; territory; domain; realm
annexation; merger; swallowing up
people; citizens; subjects; folk
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
military personnel; soldier
supreme command authority (of the emperor)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
war; battle; match; game; competition
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
wherein; therein; thereinto
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
tide; current; tendency; trend
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
overlooking; turning a blind eye
mental; spiritual; emotional
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking