opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
depending on; dependent on
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
place; room; margin; scope
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
Island; insula; island; islet
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
decision; determination; resolution
godparents; foster parents
rather; sooner; preferably
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
it hasn't been long since
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth