friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
reason; cause; circumstances
as (for); for; in the capacity of
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
clear; precise; definite; distinct
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
rule; reign; peaceful times
military authorities; army circles
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
war; fighting; fierce competition
people; citizens; subjects; folk
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to disperse; to take a castle
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
every place; various places
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
imperial throne; the Crown
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
reigning; controlling; dictating
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dominion; territory; possession
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
nice; likeable; desirable
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)