owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
future (usually near); prospects
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
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.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
young girl; lass; adolescent female
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
serious; not joking; straight
to feel a chill run down one's spine
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
burning at the stake; burning to death
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out