whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
recitation; reciting from memory
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
insatiable; untiring; persistent
accumulation; accumulate; store
capacity; volume; capacitance
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
boarding house; school dormitory
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to care for someone; to look after someone
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
speaking of ...; as for ...
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
the same generation; coeval
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only