to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
town; city; municipal; urban
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
eastern part; the east (of a region)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration