Vocabulary

older brother

roundup; wholesale arrest

military officer attached to embassy

ambassador-level conference

viceroy; governor-general

to sell out to the masses

Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings

to gain weight

opposite leaves

antitank gun

relations between Taiwan and China

relations with China

feeling (sentiment) toward Japan

heat-resisting property

old people; becoming gray haired (grey)

your personal name

three cannons

criminal record

large sum of money

esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Tendai sect

sunlight

solar plexus

declining years

couplet (Chinese poetry)

to cut off the retreat

to line up; to form a party

to become fully formed; to take proper shape

alkali resistance

enchanting melody; sweet tune

polysyllable

polyvalence; multivalence

to not amount to much

to make all of uniform height

to underrate; to make light of

for whom

firewood gathering

rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

to perfume clothes by burning incense

multipolarization; multipolarisation

pretext; excuse; plea