white hair; grey hair; gray hair
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
primary school; elementary school; grade school
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
dominant person; preeminent person; strongest contender; far right wing; right-wing extremist; radical right wing
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
defense; defence; protection
frame; framework; outline
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
war; fighting; fierce competition
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
form; shape; figure; visage
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR