specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to have a smattering knowledge of
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
wavelike; in waves; undulation
condition; figure; appearance; voice
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
(separate) house; detached house
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola