to refuse; to decline; to deny
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
general; overall; across-the-board
to become possible; to become able to (do)
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to raise one's voice; to shout
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
to lie deep in; to extend far back
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
to finish reading; to read through
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
general public; the masses