Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
modernization; modernisation
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
town; city; municipal; urban
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
requisition; commandeering; conscription
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
death; the late; the deceased
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
samurai; warrior; military family
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court