strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
technique; art; skill; move
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
inscrutable; incomprehensible
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to accept; to receive; to agree
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
such; like that; that sort of; very
time; season; period; phase; stage
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
suffering from the heat; heatstroke; heat prostration
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
planning; project; plan; design
natto (fermented soybeans)
summertime; summer season
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...