to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
multinational; transnational
successive generations; successive emperors
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
job; work; duties; trade; skill
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
(former) Imperial Japanese Navy
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into