library; book collection; paperback book
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
extract; excerpt; selection
other; another; over; more than; I; me
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
honor; honour; credit; prestige
stepping back; drawing back
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
fine performance; tour de force
one eye; one of one's eyes
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
hastily made; improvised preparation
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
emotional care; emotional support; caring for somebody's mental well-being