prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
older brother; elder brother
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
declaration; proclamation; announcement
the positive and the negative
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to finish reading; to read through
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
outline; summary; argument
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
episode; anecdote; vignette
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to throw at; to turn; to raise
smoothly; easily; readily
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
very interesting; of great interest
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
world history; international history
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
great person; eminent figure
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in