circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
shopping; purchased goods
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
counter for books; volume
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
opposite side; opposition
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
multicolumn layout; column setting
decrease; reduction; decline
to continue (going along some trend)
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
already; now; no longer; not any more
precarious situation; precarious state
to attempt; to test; to try out
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
comfort; consolation; diversion
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct