thousands; several thousand
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
successively; one after another
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
while; even though; despite
3000; three thousand; many
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
proposal; proposition; suggestion
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
organization; organisation; forming
supply; supplying; replenishment
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
massing (of troops); gathering
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
absolutely; positively; decidedly