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