dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
to hand (over); to deliver in person
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
(another's) daughter; young lady
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
personal; individual; private
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
at that time; in those days
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
contract; compact; agreement
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...