obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
to comfort; to console; to amuse
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to finish reading; to read through
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to employ; to hire; to charter
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to be reminded of; to call to mind
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
excess; surplus; superabundance