seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
being on duty; person on duty
library (usu. single-room); small library
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
something like ...; something called ...
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
although I say; although one might say; although called
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
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)
literary history; history of literature
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
whispering; murmuring; subdued
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
sympathy; empathy; response
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
thunderous roar; roaring sound
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds