way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
complete works; complete collection; complete series
outline; summary; epitome
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
temporary (paper) binding
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
series (of publications); library (set of books)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
successively; one after another
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
leaping for joy; exultation
dancing or jumping for joy
to be absorbed in reading
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to skip over; to miss reading
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to understand; to comprehend
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
hymns of praise in Japanese
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
in the meanwhile; during the time
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings