to dry up completely; to become stale
technical book; specialized book; treatise
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
jokingly; in the form of a joke
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
bifocal glasses; bifocals
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
3000; three thousand; many
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome