instant; moment; for an instant
information transfer; information transmission
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
novel; story; (work of) fiction
establishment; settlement
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
concession; conciliation; compromise
personal; individual; private
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
intelligence gathering; information gathering
with no effort at all; easily
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
freedom; free man; free woman
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
height (of a person); stature
personal history; background; career
to search for; to seek for; to look for
collecting; accumulating; gathering; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
to say no more; to sink into silence
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
predation; eating prey; preying upon
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
condition; state of preservation
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
macro; macro (instruction)