to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
covering; protection; backing; relief
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
main force; chief object; mainline
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
scale; scope; plan; structure
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
war situation; progress of a battle
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
advance; moving forward; progress
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
beforehand; in advance; previously
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to get strong; to gain strength
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
image; figure; figure; form; image
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing