twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
counter for books; volume
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
those (near the second person)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
image; figure; figure; form; image
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
indicate reason; infers some protest
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to be badly made; to fail