locational advantage; advantageous position
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
region; limits; stage; level
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
war; battle; match; game; competition
production (e.g. play); direction
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to accept; to receive; to agree
quantitative; concerning the quantity
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
main cause; primary factor
refugee; exile; displaced persons
criminal offense; criminal offence
imperial court; royal court
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
(enter into, be in) a state of war
wherein; therein; thereinto
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
product; produce; result; fruit
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
neutral zone; demilitarized zone
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy