war; fighting; fierce competition
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
postwar period; period after Second World War
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
next term; next period; next version; next release
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Formula One (form of motor racing); F1
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
wherein; therein; thereinto
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
belief; faith; conviction
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
classified document; confidential document; top secret document; sensitive documents