slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
development; exploitation
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
giving; provision; furnishing
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
study; research; investigation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
discovery; detection; finding
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
tool; implement; means; furniture
extensive knowledge; erudition
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate