learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
personality; style; appearance
door; gate; opening; title page
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to be filled to bursting; to burst
stingy; cheap; very frugal
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
low table; table with very short legs
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to sink (into); to get depressed
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to begin talking; to open up
story; tale; talk; discussion
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
one's person; around one's person
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said