tenement house; row house
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
use; utilization; utilisation; application
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
relation; connection; affinity
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
hidden historical background
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
considerably; fairly; quite
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
trend; tendency; momentum
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
just because; even if; even though
new book; new publication
one after another; in rapid succession
that is to say; so that means
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to finish reading; to read through
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
being (somewhere); sitting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
(written) work; book; writings
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
all; entire; whole; altogether