border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
based on; on the basis of
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
interior; inside; internal
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
national border; provincial border
to make an appearance; to show up
depending on; dependent on
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
beforehand; in advance; previously
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
construction; establishment
great emperor; ... the Great
split; division; break up