control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
hostility; antagonism; opposition
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
for example; for instance; e.g.
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
battlefield; battleground
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)