reading matter; reading material
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
such; this sort of; like this
originally; by nature; from the start
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
misreading; misinterpreting
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
primer; manual; introductory book
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
rather; better; instead; if anything
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
in that way; thus; so; so?
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
next; following; subsequent; stage; station