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nine; 9

1

opposite side; other side; other party

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

3

Vladivostok

1

(Russian) maritime provinces

1

being washed away

1

payment; supply

2

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

Shuuzen

2

bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

1

Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God

1

poor farmer; needy peasant

1

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)

6

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

1

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

2

invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

modern

1

power; might; authority; influence

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

Self-Strengthening Movement (political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty); Westernization Movement

3

arsenal; ordnance factory; armoury; armory

1

development; exploitation

6

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

nation-state

1

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

fighting spirit

1

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895)

1

to take advantage of (someone's) weakness

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

great numbers; numerical superiority

1

complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

leasehold land

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

equal opportunity

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

2

to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

1