book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
accumulation; accumulate; store
choices; alternatives; options
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
beforehand; in advance; previously
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
way one walks; one's walk
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce