guardian; protector; patron; parent
police; police officer; police station
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
debtor; debit; way of borrowing
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
almost every day; almost daily
library (usu. single-room); small library
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
pure literature; belles-lettres
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
all; entire; whole; altogether
return of something; repayment
to finish reading; to read through
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
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.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
man; male; masculine gender
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity