lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
briskly (walk); at a quick pace
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
as far as the eye can see
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
hidden room; secret chamber
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
table of contents; contents
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
indeed; really; truly; very much
deep inside; innermost place
spine (of book); binding (of book)
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
sincere; earnest; serious
having lost face; in a bind
to become possible; to become able to (do)
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively