to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
since; henceforth; ever since
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
introduction; outline; general remarks
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
at that time; in those days
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
written thing (e.g. book, musical composition); works
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
counter for books; volume
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
literature; books (reference); document
(some) more; even more; longer; further
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change