sincere; earnest; serious
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
popular name; common name; given name
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
job hunting; job searching
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
Nobel laureate; Nobel-Prize winner
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)
recitation; reciting from memory
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
door; gate; opening; title page
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)