both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
radio programme; radio program
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
white; correction fluid; white-out
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
agricultural country; agrarian nation
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
vicious circle; vicious cycle
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jie Shi) (1887.10.31-1975.4.5)
interruption; suspension; break
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
unprecedented; record-breaking
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
both; both sides; both parties
incident; affair; happening; event
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar