dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to be absorbed in reading
to concern; to be related
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to keep in mind; to memorize
book; volume; this; present; main; head
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
reading matter; reading material
narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)