synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
reading light; reading lamp
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
steady progress; rapid advance
second (unit of time); arc second
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
indeed; really; truly; very much
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
book; volume; this; present; main; head
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
counter for books; volume
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
repayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
ladies' magazine; women's magazine