specialization; specialisation
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
way; method; means; resource; course
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
(feeling of) massiveness; (sense of) volume
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
common knowledge; well-known fact
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
three; three years of age
by today; before the day is over
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
library (usu. single-room); small library
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation