inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
diligent; hard-working; industrious
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
complete works; complete collection; complete series
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
interception (email); wiretap; bug
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
class; heading; group; category
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
if so; in that case; in that situation
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to feel depressed; to be down
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour