character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
difficult to ...; hard to ...
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
the other day; lately; recently
named after; associated with; connected with
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
common reed (Phragmites australis)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
serious look (on one's face); straight face
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to have meaning; to be meaningful
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
than; other than; except; but
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
letter by letter; character by character
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
influence (on someone); inspiration
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)