bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to get slightly dirty (all over)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
primer; introductory book; (beginner's) guide
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
jellied fish broth; jellied meat broth
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding; picture marriage; mail-order marriage
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
right hand; sword hand; reins-holding hand; right side; one's right
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood