top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
namely; that is (to say); in other words
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
destination (one is heading towards); goal
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
trio; gang of three; threesome
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
survival; survivor; relic
to have an eye on; to zero in on
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to find out; to discover; to locate
contradiction; inconsistency
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice