Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
entry into port; arriving in harbor
last week; the week before
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
trisection; dividing into three (parts)
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
to encamp; to take up positions
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to be damaged; to receive damage
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
DEFCON (alert state used by the United States Armed Forces); Defense Readiness Condition
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
special program; special programme
Tokyo area (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba); Tokyo region
one wing; (a) role; (a) part
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
violent explosion; bursting
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
to cheat; to swindle; to deceive
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice