terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
some people; a few people; several people
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to come to one's senses; to calm down
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
reality; actuality; hard fact
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
how long; how much; to what extent
it is not (like that) either
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
student (esp. a university student)
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
successive generations; successive emperors
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to refer to; to use as reference
until now; so far; up to the present
writing something on commission; newly written text
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
name recognition; established reputation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
just a minute; small quantity
difficult to ...; hard to ...
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation