reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
influenced (by); under an influence
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
granted that; even if; even though
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
city library; municipal library; public library
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
sans-serif typeface; gothic typeface
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
reading matter; reading material
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time