invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
value; worth; virtue; blessing
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
shoeing a horse; horseshoeing
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
illustration (e.g. book); picture
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle
period of time; time slot; time zone
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
to play with; to toy with; to tease
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
inking the outlines of a picture
to wash clean; to cleanse
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
moving about; stirring about