one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
enmity; antagonism; hostility
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
common front; united front
establishment; settlement
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
longed-for; anxiously awaited
entry into port; arriving in harbor
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
possible; likely; probable