envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
Japanese person; Japanese people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
interference; intervention; meddling
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
had better ...; had better not ...
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
at that time; in those days
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
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
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
(political) administration; political power
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national