book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
handbook; instruction book; manual
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
supreme; sublime; highest
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to finish reading; to read through
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
portrait of deceased person
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season