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birth; creation; formation

2

at that time; in those days

2

special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

1

standing army

1

powerful

1

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

4

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

5

state; country; nation

10

annexation; merger; swallowing up

3

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

3

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

5

reason; grounds

2

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

7

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

11

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

2

process; course; mechanism

4

originally; by nature; from the start

21

independent state; independent nation

1

diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels

2

military movements

2

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

13

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

3

peerage; court rank

1

start-up company; venture business

1

business model

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

1

boom; sudden expansion

1

olden days; former

5

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

17

company; corporation; workplace

1

merger; takeover

1

the management ranks

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

to show in; to usher in

3

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

1

friendly; amicable

4

diplomatic

2

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

representative; exemplary; model

1

independence

2

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

2

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

3

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

6

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1