| 弓勢 | strength needed to pull back a bow |
| 体勢 | posture, stance |
| 勢いを振るう | to wield power, to exercise authority |
| 外国勢 | (group of) foreigners |
気勢を削ぐ 気勢を殺ぐ | to diminish (dampen) the spirit |
| 去勢牛 | bullock |
| 均勢 | uniformity, balance (equilibrium) of power |
| 獅子奮迅の勢い | irresistible force |
| 姿勢を正す | to straighten oneself |
| 自然の勢い | natural tendency, natural course of events, force of circumstances |
| 勝勢 | (favorable) odds |
| 徳川勢 | Tokugawa forces |
| 国際情勢 | international situation |
| 実勢価格 | market price |
| 世界情勢 | world situation, world affairs |
| 前傾姿勢 | forward-bent posture |
| 軍事攻勢 | military offensive |
| 経済情勢 | economic climate |
| 雇用情勢 | employment situation |
| 臨戦態勢 | war preparation |
| 勢力伯仲 | (the two sides) being evenly-matched in influence or power |
| 武装勢力 | armed group, armed insurgents |
| 協力態勢 | readiness to cooperate, framework for cooperation |
| 形勢逆転 | the situation reverses itself, the table is turned, the shoe is on the other foot |
| 形勢不利 | situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous) |
| 形勢有利 | situation (turn of events) being favorable (advantageous) |
| 攻勢防御 | attack as a form of defense, attacking (active) defense |
| 時勢感覚 | sense of the trend of the times, sensitivity to the changing times |
| 数的優勢 | superiority in number, numerical superiority |
| 政治姿勢 | political stance |
| 勢力関係 | power relations, balance of power (between) |
| 勢力拮抗 | struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched forces (parties) |
| 勢力圏内 | within the sphere of influence (of) |
| 勢力分野 | the respective (relative) strength of political parties, distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties |
| 宣伝攻勢 | propaganda campaign (offensive), advertising (promotional) offensive |
| 対決姿勢 | confrontational attitude (stance, posture) |
| 大勢順応 | conformism, following the crowd, swimming with the tide, me-tooism |
| 退勢挽回 | restoring the declining fortunes, recovering from the discouraging situation, reversing the downward trend |
| 反対勢力 | forces of opposition, opposing forces, counterforce |
| 虚勢を張る | to bluff, to act brave |
| 伊勢乞食 | beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) |
| テト攻勢 | Tet Offensive (North Vietnamese offensive launched in January 1968) |
| 勢力均衡 | balance of power |
| 姿勢反射 | postural reflex |
| 去勢コンプレックス | castration complex |
| 警備態勢 | security measures |
| 多勢に無勢 | to be outnumbered (i.e. in a military context) |
| 去勢手術 | castration (operation) |
| 治安情勢 | security situation |