Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to be dead; to be lifeless
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
reaching; attaining; arrival
ratio; proportion; percentage
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to make one's rounds; to patrol
storehouse; warehouse; godown
new book; new publication
every month; monthly; month by month
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
proposal; proposition; suggestion
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
collection of books; (personal) library
modernization; modernisation
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to learn something through hearing
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon