to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
fort; fortification; fortress; stronghold
group; bunch; crowd; group
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
field gun; field artillery
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
(barbed) wire entanglements
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
rapid-fire gun or cannon; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions
military of the Empire of Japan
party; gang; company; squad
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
now; the present time; just now; another; more
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
breastwork; parapet; fortress; parapet; chest wall
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
near; close; beside; third person
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to run through; to run past
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
modernization; modernisation
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
person killed in action; the war dead
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence