stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
long (time); protracted; prolonged
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
national border; provincial border
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
at first; in the beginning; originally
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
labor; labour; manpower; working force
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
anticommunist (policies or measures)
arrangement; pact; agreement
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
nice; likeable; desirable
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
secret military agency; secret service
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
Matsuoka Yousuke (1880.3.4-1946.6.27)
free (of charge); gratuitous
transport; transportation
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
incident; affair; happening; event
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward