habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(not) a single person; (no) one
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
next term; next period; next version; next release
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
property; fortune; assets
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
successive generations; successive emperors
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
several years; a few years
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
deep emotion; strong feelings
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to begin; to set about; to start
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
carving; engraving; sculpture
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service