great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident
having ended; being resolved
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
aggression; invasion; raid
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
town; city; municipal; urban
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
residing (esp. abroad); staying; living
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
interest; rights; concession
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
major powers of the world; great powers
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)