aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
author; writer; novelist; artist
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
chance meeting; fortuitous encounter
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
street; quarter; district; area
many; numerous; various; large number of
to gather; to collect; to assemble
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
transactions; dealings; business
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
in that way; like that; that way
to be absorbed in reading
how; in what way; how about; questionable