clearing one's throat; cough
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
materials; data; document
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
literature; books (reference); document
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
very likely; very probable
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
noble; lofty; high-minded
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
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 stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
that is to say; so that means
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to need; to call for; to require
small fraction; small proportion
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor