clanging; empty; deserted
living; lifestyle; living room
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
(period of) a year; during an era
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
writing implement; writing tool
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
two (long cylindrical things)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to get accustomed to using
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
piece; fragment; one (object)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
street; quarter; district; area
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
deep emotion; strong feelings
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
inspection; examination; checking
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway