should; must; -able; probably; likely
student (esp. a university student)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
selection; choice; option
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
president (of a society); chairman
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
name; given name; first name
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
chair; stool; post; office; position
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
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.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)
pure literature; belles-lettres
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)