no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
inside one's heart; in one's mind
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to explain; to dispel doubts
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
reality; actuality; hard fact
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
land subsidence; decline in influence
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous