(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
I see; that's right; indeed
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
nothing but; except; no more than
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
3rd day of the month; three days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
counter for books; volume
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
small part (e.g. in a film); bit part; extra
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to overflow from something full
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
surroundings; environs; circumference