front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
ancient Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 30 catties (15 kg)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
political situation; political affairs
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
Fengtian (old name for Shenyang, China); Mukden
great hurry; great haste; rush
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
Ueno Seiichi (1882.10.28-1970.4.19)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
ama; female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
to telephone; to make a phone call
total fire loss; completely burned
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
again; once more; a second time
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine