(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
Lü Buwei (?-235 BCE), Chinese politician
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to govern; to manage; to subdue
agricultural land; farmland
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
already; now; no longer; not any more
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
scale; scope; plan; structure
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
armed might; military power; the sword; force
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
power map; power structure; power relationships
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
several people; a few people
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.