tenth day of the month; ten days
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
origin; root; cause; principle
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
contemporary novel; modern novel
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
letters (characters) indicating the end of a movie (The End, Fin, etc.); indication of the end (of something)
in proportion to; just as much as
freely; right and left; as one pleases
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to gather; to collect; to assemble
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
subscriber; reader; admirer
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
samurai; warrior; military family
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
comprehensive; exhaustive; cyclopedic; encompassing
background research; research into the period
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering