changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
for the present; for the time being
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
political measures; policy
warring nations; belligerents
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
popular name; common name; given name
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
America and China; Sino-American
Japan and the Soviet Union; Japanese-Soviet
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane
collaboration; joint work
in name but not in reality
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
intensification; aggravation
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)