to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to hide; to keep to oneself
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to discuss; to talk together
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to order; to command; to appoint
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
somehow; for some reason or other
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern