somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
royal castle; imperial castle
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
collection of books; (personal) library
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
closed-stacks (e.g. in a library); closed shelf system
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
literature; books (reference); document
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
nothing but; except; no more than
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to have one's horizons broadened
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
equality; impartiality; evenness
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
pointing out; identification
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)