celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
strictly; severely; rigidly
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
materials; data; document
great difference; big difference; wide margin
posterity; future life; life to come
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
secret art; the mysteries
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
phantom; vision; illusion
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
counter for books; volume
inattention; absent-mindedness
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to pierce through; to break through
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect