bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
slim; slender; slight; delicate
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
reproachful; hateful; bitter
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
rice sprinkled with red perilla
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
natto (fermented soybeans)
one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
more than usual; especially; particularly
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
ten; 10; ten years of age
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs