(suffering) damage; injury; harm
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
successive generations; successive emperors
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
wherein; therein; thereinto
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to bring; to take; to bring about
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
watchful waiting; careful supervision
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
instead; but (on the other hand)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly