educational institution; academic centre; academic center
to boost; to force up; to push up
foundation stone; cornerstone
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
counter for books; volume
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
literature; books (reference); document
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
relation; connection; relevance
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
permission; approval; authorization; license
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
banning of books; banned book
Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous