sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
writing; book; (literary) work
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
(former) Imperial Japanese Navy
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
etc.; et cetera; and so on
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
relating to the USA; toward America; with America
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
meaning; connotation; denotation
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
money politics; plutocracy
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
dozens; scores of; decades
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
anonymity; using an assumed name
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
information; news; report; reward; retribution
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding