university library; college library
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
storage medium; recording medium
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
general; popular; common; typical
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
counter for books; volume
collection of books; (personal) library
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
parts; accessories; components
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
public facilities; utilities
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
in succession; one by one
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
January; first month of the lunar calendar
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example