script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
distant look; faraway look
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
easy to read; legible; clear
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
health; healthy; sound; fit
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
female private parts; female genitals
otherwise; if not; or else
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
spine; backbone; spinal column
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)