-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
racial or national characteristics
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
war; fighting; fierce competition
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
territory; domain; dominion; possession
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
competent; suitable; qualified
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
testimony; (verbal) evidence