first time; first; initial
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
participation; joining; entry; adherence
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
university lecturer; college lecturer
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
ten; 10; ten years of age
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
professor; teaching; instruction
fifth day of the month; five days
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
chief; main; principal; major
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
(instruction) manual; handbook
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
in order; in turn; one by one