good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
innumerable; countless; numberless
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
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
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to badger; to pester; to beg
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
restricted Chinese characters
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
very; greatly; exceedingly
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to be absorbed in reading
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science