to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
sixth day of the month; six days
political measures; policy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
influence; clout; leverage
long time; long interval; for quite some time
isolation; being alone; being friendless
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
southern part; the south (of a region)
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
cooperation; collaboration
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
setting on fire; setting afire
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state