(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
how can (one) do something
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
restricted; confined; unfree
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
way of talking; speaking style
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
behaviour; behavior; conduct
participation; joining; entry
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
day after day; day by day
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do