fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
practice; practising; experience
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
winning point; winning goal; game point (tennis, etc.); finishing line
one's own army; one's own team
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
good; goodness; right; virtue
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce
great commander; famous commander
in the future; another day; later
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
warring nations; belligerents
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
France; French (language)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to send or direct a person to
dozens; scores of; decades