evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
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
country; territory; domain; realm
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
people; citizens; subjects; folk
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
supreme command authority (of the emperor)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
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)
percent; per cent; percentage
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; 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 regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
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 give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
overlooking; turning a blind eye
mental; spiritual; emotional