prime minister; premier; chancellor
interior; inside; internal
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
popular will; will of the people
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
reform; reformation; reorganization
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
absorption; suction; attraction
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
military expansion; arms buildup
armaments; military preparations
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to write down; to record; to register
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
settlement; solution; resolution
to kill; to beat to death
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
to force out corruption; to drive away misconduct; to clean up; (lit.) to drain out pus
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted