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support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation

1

giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state; assistance; counsel

3

judicial power; jurisdiction

2

public election

1

imperial appointment

2

affairs of state

2

to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

1

fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

1

elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

10

supreme command authority (of the emperor)

14

irresponsibility

2

free speech; freedom of speech

4

in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

1

outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag

1

Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

2

imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War; portrait or photo of a person of high rank

1

set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo

1

array; muster; line-up; full force

1

chief of staff

2

Houten

6

engagement; battle

2

vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

then; well; so; be; is

1

lease

2

Trans-Siberian Railway

2

default; nonperformance

1

association of kindred spirits

4

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

2

weekly publication

4

Koutoku Shuusui (1871-1911)

6

Sakai Toshihiko (1871.1.15-1933.1.23)

4

Uchimura Kanzou

7

anti-war argument; pacifism

7

war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument

6

fighting alone

1

surprise tactics

1

eighth day of the month; eight days

4

declaration of war

2

outside a port or harbor (harbour)

1

advance troops; vanguard

2

any more; any further; any better; any longer

1

to gain a victory; to win

1

Portsmouth (Britain)

1

special rights; predominant rights

1

everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)

3

south of; and south

2

Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)

5