hokushin, Imperial Japan's pre-WWII-era policy of northern expansionism towards Manchuria and Siberia

opinion, assertion, contention

maintain, argue, claim

advancement northward

to advance northward

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

hard, tough, stiff / stubborn

against one's will