Russo-Japanese War

American  

[ruhs-oh-jap-uh-neez, -nees] / ˈrʌs oʊˈdʒæp əˌniz, -ˌnis /

noun

1. the war (1904–1905) between Russia and Japan.

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Russo-Japanese War British  

noun

1. a war (1904–05) between Russia and Japan, caused largely by rivalry over Korea and Manchuria. Russia suffered a series of major defeats

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Russo-Japanese War Cultural  

1. A war fought in 1904–1905 between Russia and Japan over rival territorial claims. In winning the war, Japan emerged as a world power.

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President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States was largely responsible for bringing the two sides together and working out a treaty. For his efforts, Roosevelt won the Nobel Prize for peace.

Example Sentences

He lived through bloody times — including the Russo-Japanese War — and seemed to enjoy trading rhetorical barbs as much as anyone.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Since the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan had held the right to lease the South Manchuria Railway in northeastern China, a privilege previously held by Russia.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War prompted the first Russian Revolution in 1905.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

This truly weird work — an operetta about, of all things, espionage in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2020

In the interval between the Boxer Uprising and the Russo-Japanese War, Mr. Comfort began to dwell upon the great fundamental facts of world-politics.

From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar