library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
several weeks; a few weeks
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
national border; provincial border
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
outside the country; abroad
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
current student; enrolled student
snapshot (esp. of people)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
inheritance tax; death duty
well-bred; of good upbringing
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
literally; to the letter; literal
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
conclusion; decision; end; settlement