selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
overconfident; presumptuous
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
process; course; mechanism
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
laws and regulations; legislation
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
customary; conventional; traditional; usual
armed forces; military; troops
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
natural; reasonable; understandable
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
platoon commander; section commander
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
it's no joke; gimme a break!