straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
to leave this world; to die
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
colour; color; hue; tints
Imperial Russia (1721-1917); Tsarist Russia
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
outbreak of war; starting a war
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
war; fighting; fierce competition
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
countries; (various) nations
to well up; to burst; to arise
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
accumulation (of discontent, frustration, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)