bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
many; much; plenty; hardly
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
complete works; complete collection; complete series
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum