professor; teaching; instruction
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
standard; set; routine; decided
to half-rise to one's feet
official divorce registration papers
just the other day; quite recently
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
reshuffling; job rotation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
wedded life; married life
to settle (in a place); to settle down
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
gem; jewel; precious stone
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering