complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to lend an ear to; to listen to
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku; books bought but not read
book; volume; this; present; main; head
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake