doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
upper reaches of a river; upstream
General Staff Headquarters
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
our country; our land; one's own country
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
piece; fragment; one (object)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to be silent; to say nothing
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
scale; scope; plan; structure
interference; meddling; butting in