academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
closely; compactly; leaving no space
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
homecoming; return to one's home
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
all times and places; all ages and countries
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
point in common; common feature
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
state-run college; state university
student (esp. a university student)
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
in the future; another day; later
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)