military of the Empire of Japan
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
Minister for Foreign Affairs
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
Abe Nobuyuki (1875.11.24-1953.9.7)
cabinet (of a government); ministry
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
declaration; statement; proclamation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to brave a danger; to take a risk
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to rise; to erect; to get up
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up