author; writer; novelist; artist
critic; reviewer; commentator
study; library; den; home office; reading room
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
revision; revised edition
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
person of letters; literary person
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
government official; clerk
the public; general public
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to degenerate; to lapse into
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
race (of people); type of person
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report