living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to have one's horizons broadened
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
in comparison to; rather than
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
charming; fascinating; attractive
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
just one person; only one
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail