calm; composed; cool; quiet
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
in the meanwhile; during the time
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
boastful speech; bragging
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
drinking party; get-together
mental; spiritual; emotional
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
how-to (book); self-help book
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to be absorbed in reading
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent