amount of material resources
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
vocational school; technical school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
(former) Imperial Japanese Navy
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
one large ...; a great ...
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
defense; defence; protection
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position; location; base; point; site
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation