leadership competition; power struggle
casual speech; peer language; informal language
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
at first; in the beginning; originally
confrontational attitude (stance, posture)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
person killed in action; the war dead
power relations; balance of power (between)
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
major war; great war; world war
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
ruler; monarch; sovereign
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
starting late; late departure
middle-of-the-roaders; neutrals
road through the middle; middle road
members; member; constituent
landowner; landlord; landlady
fishing industry; fishery
someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
tension; mental strain; nervousness
settlement; permanent residency
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
village headman; village mayor
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above