bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
air conditioning; air cooling
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
book; volume; this; present; main; head
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
trial listening (e.g. to a record before buying); audition
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
ago; since; before; previous
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
growth period; growing season
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
race (of people); type of person
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness