historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
four corners; four ordinal directions
spine (of book); binding (of book)
past (exam) question collection
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
a find; windfall; bargain
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
sound of a button or switch being pressed
to shed light; to cast light
light; right; right field; right fielder
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
student accommodation; student dormitory
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
standard; set; routine; decided
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures