talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
devotion; attachment; infatuation
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
if it is the case that ...
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
recommendation; referral; endorsement
form; shape; figure; visage
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
in person; personally; directly
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
both armies; both teams; both sides
the big two...; two major...; two main...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
possession; retention; maintenance
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
armed forces; military; troops
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to need; to call for; to require
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
military force; military strength
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation