headquarters; head office; main office
regiment of military policemen
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
joining a political party
such; like that; that sort of; very
arrestee; person arrested
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
sending a telegram; telegraph
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895)
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
giving; provision; furnishing
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
Guangzhou (China); Kwangchow; Canton
Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident
honour; honor; glory; privilege
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site