natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
calamity; misfortune; disaster
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
time; hour; period; class
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
collection of books; (personal) library
killing time; staving off boredom
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
relation; connection; relevance
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye