guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
directly under; falling perpendicularly
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
private citizen; civilian
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
out of bounds; beyond the pale
general idea; concept; notion
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
surely (not); certainly (not)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
sympathy; compassion; pity
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
instead; but (on the other hand)
second grade; second class; secondary
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
gray or silver haired (grey)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
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
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore