counter for books; volume
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
thousands; several thousand
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
settlement; solution; resolution
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
first thing in the morning
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
number two; mistress; concubine
to move (house); to change residence
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante