jpdb beta

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a 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)

1

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

3

Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)

1

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

1

match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)

1

threat theory; view that a state or entity constitutes a threat

1

Imperial Russia (1721-1917); Tsarist Russia

2

Japan and the Soviet Union; Japanese-Soviet

5

non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty

6

Russo-German War (1941-1945)

2

Soviet army

3

Far East

3

Germany

2

Moscow (Russia)

6

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

counteroffensive

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

2

Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

1

military alliance

1

conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

2

triple alliance

1

offensive (movement); aggression

1

dominant; ruling

1

subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion

2

Sorge

1

heavy tank

1

Kursk (Russia); Kursr; Kurusku (Arab Union)

1

flight; rout; debacle

1

cold war era

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

strong nation; powerful country

1

underestimation; undervaluation

4

Battle of Khalkhin Gol (1939); Nomonhan Incident

3

mechanization; mechanisation

1

damage; injury; loss

9

towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

3

arms buildup; military expansion

1

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China

5

Beijing (China); Peking

1

Marco Polo Bridge (China)

1

General Staff Headquarters

1

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

1

dispatch of troops

1

to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life

1

cautious theory; conservative theory

1

armaments; military preparations

1

Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

2

world map

1

supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

1

Strait of Dover

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