to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
opening up of a market; market liberalization
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
Panama Canal; Panaman Canal
Convention of Peking (1860)
decision; settlement; definition
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
control of the sea; command of the sea
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it