many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
academic paper; scholarly paper; academic article; treatise
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
one's impressions after reading a book
is that so?; I see; right; oh
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
random jottings; rambling essays
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
fascination with the bizarre; taste for the macabre
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
whole book; whole volume; whole story
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to differ (in); to have different ...; to be different (in terms of ...)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
senior high school; high school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to