specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
trial product; prototype model
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
retirement (from the world); seclusion
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered
to have a rumor circulating
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
noisy; confused; uproarious
to break the silence; to break one's silence
living up to one's reputation
payment to the government
new government; new administration
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
death from disease; death from illness
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
free translation; liberal translation
to get late; to advance; to wear on
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
official announcement; proclamation
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
day off (between working days); 50th, 53rd, 55th or 59th day of the sexagenary cycle; non-fever day (when running an intermittent fever, e.g. malaria)
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
outside of one's area of expertise
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
whichever one chooses; either way
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower