handicraft; industrial art object
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
desperately; for one's dear life
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
illustration (e.g. book); picture
showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
study; research; investigation
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors