dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
chink in the armor (armour)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to be fated to; be linked by fate
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
to be embarrassed for a reply
yellowish; tinged with yellow
food; food products; foodstuffs
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
ventilation fan; extractor fan
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
good (place to leave off); convenient
lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
now that you say that; now that you mention it
spine (of book); binding (of book)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
public holiday; celebration (of)
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
age thirty; one's thirties