oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
rational; reasonable; logical
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
superstition; superstitious belief
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to write down; to record; to register
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to anticipate; to foresee
complementation; supplementation; completion
descendant; posterity; offspring
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
department of agriculture
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
estimate (of costs); budget
tertian malaria (causing a fever that recurs every second day)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
development; exploitation
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to be too late; to be too slow
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
in proportion to; just as much as
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
financier; business leader