personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
retreating figure; appearance from behind
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
powerful person; influential person
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
power map; power structure; power relationships