obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
in comparison to; rather than
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
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)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
contradiction; inconsistency
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
for example; for instance; e.g.
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)