jpdb beta

armed forces; military; troops

3

royal family

2

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

2

members; member; constituent

1

part-time farming

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

1

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2

war; fighting; fierce competition

7

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...

1

military

2

minor power

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

4

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

allegiance; obedience; submission

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

morals; morality

1

war of aggression; war of conquest

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

5

armed might; military power; the sword; force

3

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

1

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

1

geopolitical; geostrategic

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

3

to drop one's shoulders

1

to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

1

successive generations; successive emperors

2

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

3

pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)

1

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

1

quality (of a product or a service)

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

2

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

6

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

3

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

2

contempt; derision; slight; disdain

1

forte; strong point

1

dirty work; unpleasant task

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

famous; notorious; noted

1

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

10

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1