Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
important documents; important papers
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
difficult to ...; hard to ...
learning; studying the fine arts
reception room; parlor; parlour
final warning; ultimatum; last notice
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
bet; wager; stake; gamble
worthy of special mention
real life; actual life; everyday life
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
depiction; description; portrayal
older brother and younger sister
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
preface; foreword; preamble
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
being too late; losing one's final chance