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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

10

one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

1

abrupt; sudden

4

merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

7

country name

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

5

neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

13

to attack; to assault; to assail

4

including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

5

dominion; territory; possession

3

to shave off; to scrape off

1

birth; creation; formation

1

belligerent; warlike

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

6

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

7

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

west

4

place; situation; position; location

5

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

2

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

97

suddenly; all of a sudden

4

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

small country

3

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

annexation; merger; swallowing up

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition

2

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

2

fury; frenzy; madness; wildness

3

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

accession to the throne; enthronement

6

deed; act

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

10

return; restoration

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

3

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

incident; affair; happening; event

6

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

4

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

3

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

8

even more; still more; further

2

one's own country

7

without a history; historyless; unhistoried; unstoried

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

5

national border; provincial border

19

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

2

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

4

the ... in question

6

to mind; to care; to worry

1