advanced level; high grade; senior
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
master; teacher; stable master
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
(within a) territory; domains
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
surrender (fall) of a castle
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
be (that) as it may; having said that
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)