business trip; official trip
good bye; I'm off; see you later
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
the way back; the way home; return trip
to badger; to pester; to beg
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
monthly publication; monthly issue
special issue; extra issue; special number
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
something like ...; something called ...
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
magazine; journal; periodical
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
material; materials; data; information; documents
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
novel; story; (work of) fiction
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
why; how; for what reason
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to publish a book; to put out a book