obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
reading aloud; recitation
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
entertainment; amusement; fun
thunderous roar; roaring sound
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
women's college; women's university
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
property; fortune; assets
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
tacit; unspoken; implicit
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
(arch.) well then, (shall we); (arch.) well then, (I'll); goodbye
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
one of these days; someday; one day
natural light; unpolarized light
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to form a line; to queue up; to line up