minority group (party); minority
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
individual; private person; personal; private
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
match (to light fire with)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
sympathy; empathy; response
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
one's possessions; ownership
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
January; first month of the lunar calendar
height of; middle of; full bloom