paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be erected; to be built
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
elder sister; older female friend
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
smoothly; easily; readily
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
failure; mistake; blunder
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
notice; attention; observation
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of