the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
adds force or indicates command
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
cross; crossed; cruciform
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
branch office; agency; sub-branch
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
honorific/polite/humble prefix
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top