step-up; advance; progress; increase
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to encamp; to take up positions
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
it's not like; it isn't as if
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
quickly; calmly; intently
to live; to reside; to inhabit
non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
hit point; health point; HP; health
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
initial value; initial condition; IV; initializing value; default value
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
chief; main; principal; important
colour; color; hue; tints
direction of travel; direction of movement
an instant; a split second; no time at all
space flight; spaceflight
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
weightlessness; zero gravity
(coming through) loud and clear
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
reconnaissance plane; spy plane
all aircraft; all machines; workings of all things; all activity