reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
material; materials; data; information; documents
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
thousands; several thousand
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
literature; books (reference); document
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
very likely; very probable
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
determination; resolution
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
noble; lofty; high-minded
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
deadly serious; deadly earnest
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to await; to wait for; to expect
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
that is to say; so that means
chain; series; connection; linkage
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances