crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
injured person; wounded person; casualty
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
blow; shock; strike; batting
imprisonment; incarceration
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
casualties; the killed and wounded
messenger; envoy; emissary
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon
absorption; suction; attraction
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
but; however; provided that
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
the West; the Occident; Western countries
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
escaping from prison; jailbreak
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others