(please) look; see; (please) try to do
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
complete book; complete set; treatise
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
wood-block printing; wood engraving
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
extract; excerpt; selection
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
at first; in the beginning; originally
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
in the meanwhile; during the time
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
issue; offspring; paternal blood
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
descendant; posterity; offspring
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less