bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
The Golden Demon (Konjiki Yaksha) (1897 novel by Ozaki Koyo)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
not worth doing; waste of effort
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to shout (in anger); to yell
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
even if not; even without
dying; death; dead; useless; damned