to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
Claus; Crouse; Klaus; Kraus; Krauss; Krausz
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
reform; reformation; reorganization
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
when it becomes; when it comes to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
absorption; suction; attraction
to dry up completely; to become stale
even though; despite; when
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
armaments; military preparations
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
war; fighting; fierce competition
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
aggression; invasion; raid
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range