chief; main; principal; important
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
poor households have many children
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
tax exemption; duty exemption
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
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)
royal castle; imperial castle
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
man; male; masculine gender
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)