absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
library (usu. single-room); small library
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for books; volume
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
collection of books; (personal) library
city library; municipal library; public library
every year; yearly; annually
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
control; management (e.g. of a business)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
how; in what way; by what means
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
author; writer; novelist; artist
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
surely; certainly; without doubt
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
trauma (usu. psychological)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
writing; composition; essay; sentence
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
street; quarter; district; area