gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
letter; missive; note; mail
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to be absorbed in reading
tradition; legend; folklore
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
woman; lady; adult female
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to fly around; to scatter
to surge; to well up; to gush out
lyricism; description of one's feelings
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.