to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
small; fine; detailed; stingy
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
cardinal (Catholic church)
collection of books; (personal) library
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
counter for books; volume
how long; how far; how much
considerably; greatly; a lot
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
still; even now; to this day
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching