trouble; quarrel; dispute
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
January; first month of the lunar calendar
peace talks; peace negotiations
official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
messenger; envoy; emissary
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
outbreak of war; starting a war
dukedom; duchy; principality
consists of; comprises; is made up of
each nation; many nations; many countries
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to encamp; to take up a position
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
being under military occupation
military force; military strength
dominion; territory; possession
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
territorial right; dominion
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
amount of material resources
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
departure; leaving; going away; recession
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
chain mail (armor, armour)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
middle of the night; dead of night
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively