jpdb beta

thought; consideration; thinking

1

intellectual

16

deductive reasoning; deduction

1

monism

1

historical viewpoint

3

huge success

1

Europe and America; the West

1

colonization; colonisation

3

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

Peking University

1

humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature

1

(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost

1

Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

5

Dokushuu

3

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

1

Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum

2

May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

1

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

1

Shanghai (China)

1

well

4

(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

1

Kyousei

1

ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

2

lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)

1

influenced (by); under an influence

1

toward Japan; with Japan

1

Shoukaiseki

1

Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)

1

Korean War (1950-1953)

2

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

2

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

foreign policy

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts

4

people's democracy

1

New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)

1

lake

1

southern part; the south (of a region)

1

each ministry

1

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

1

at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong

1

powerful local clan; local strongman

1

sub-; inferior; minor

1

graveyard; cemetery

1

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

2

comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)

1