bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
collection of books; (personal) library
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
experiment; experimentation
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
relation; connection; relevance
library (usu. single-room); small library
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
bookbinding; binding (a book)
antiquity; the previous era
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
banning of books; banned book
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis