small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
preface; introduction; preamble
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation; narration; speech; discourse
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
single flower; one wheel; full moon
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to watch steadily; to stare
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate