strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
secondhand book fair; antiquarian book market
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
collection of books; (personal) library
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
visual hallucination; vision
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
winter vacation; winter holidays
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that