original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
mail; postal matter; postal item
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
sending back; return to sender
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
group; bunch; crowd; group
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
counter for books; volume
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
brown envelope; manila envelope
cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
paper knife; letter opener
to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
having the same family name and given name (as someone else)
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
lot number; house number; address; residence; address; memory address
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
consecutive number; serial number
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark