shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
survival; survivor; relic
ago; since; before; previous
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
originally; by nature; from the start
being dotted with; being scattered
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
material; substance; matter
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
by sheer strength; by brute force
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress