old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
accumulation; accumulate; store
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
document; official papers
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
comparatively; relatively
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
outsider; someone outside of a group
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
writing (e.g. as a profession)
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting