moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
personality; character; individuality; personhood
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
advanced level; high grade; senior
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to some extent; to a certain extent
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)
predation; eating prey; preying upon
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to kill; to defeat; to beat
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
alone; unaided; away from home
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
risk aversion; risk reduction
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained