predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
political measures; policy
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
oppression; suppression; pressure
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
the ways of the world; human nature
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
archipelago; group of islands
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
plural; multiple; plural (number)
armed forces; military; troops
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
should do; ought to do; must do
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very