looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to be able to manage somehow or other
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
French; French food; French cuisine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
drawing room; study; writing alcove; publishing house
library; book collection; paperback book
desperately; for one's dear life
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
hereabouts; around there; that area
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
how; in what way; how about
really; truly; indeed; good grief
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun
please (give me); please (do for me)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo