putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
viewer (e.g. for film slides or x-rays); (image) viewer
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
environment; circumstance
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
society; the world; the times
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
genuine article; real thing; real deal
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
book making (binding, publishing)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
specialization; specialisation
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
press; print shop; printing office
function; facility; faculty; feature
new book; new publication
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
business conditions; business category; line of business
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
this is why; this means; it is the case that
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to be erected; to be built
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)