advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
succeeding; following; trailing; next
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to become inverted; to become reversed
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
thrust; driving force; propulsion
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
manufacture; preparation; execution (an order)