jpdb beta

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

2

national power

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

2

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

3

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

aggressor; invader

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

1

upper reaches of a river; upstream

3

Souroku

3

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

4

Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

3

when it comes to; concerning

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

2

literary matters

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

3

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

together; mutually; fellow

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

5

plan; project; scheme

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

4

long time; many years

2

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

2

capital city; metropolis

9

both armies; both teams; both sides

2

officers and men

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

5

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

1

Asian development

5

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

3

to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry

3

Tokyo Trials; International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

Nanking Massacre (1937); Rape of Nanking

1

execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime

1

death by hanging; execution by hanging

1

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

existence; being

8

central government

3

informal; unofficial

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

ex-serviceman; veteran

2

service in the first reserve

3

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

4

military movements

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

1