nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
entreaty; supplication; petition
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
true state; actual condition; reality
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
leader (of an alliance); leading power
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
national border; provincial border
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to rank next to; to come after
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
common front; united front
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
military force; military strength
possession; retention; maintenance
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property