endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
something; some kind of; for some reason
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
when it becomes; when it comes to
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
government; administration; ministry
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
there is nothing; having nothing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
this world; this life; world of the living
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship