these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
ripple (on water); wavelets
A5; medium octavo; small octavo
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
list price; regular price; established price
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
attending (upon); keeping another company
library; book collection; paperback book
great person; eminent figure
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to finish reading; to read through
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
great hurry; great haste; rush
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
two times; twice; two degrees
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out