to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
taste; liking; preference
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
military physician or surgeon
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
beginning (of a century, etc.)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
dominion; territory; possession
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
match declared drawn due to injury
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
Japan and the Soviet Union; Japanese-Soviet
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)