dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
breaking off relations (esp. between countries)
each (every) time; whenever
emperor (of Japan); mikado
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
imperial court; royal court
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
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
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...