main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
picture scroll depicting a famous battle
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to check; to stop; to keep back
lessening; diminishing; reducing
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
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
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
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
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
percent; per cent; percentage
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
overlooking; turning a blind eye
mental; spiritual; emotional