unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
person of letters; literary person
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for books; volume
collection of books; (personal) library
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
literary world; literary circles
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
posterity; future generations; future life
moisture; humidity; dampness
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
Cheryl; Sherrill; Sherry; Sherryl; Sheryl
last week; the week before
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day