right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
explanation; interpretation
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
professor; teaching; instruction
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to form a pair; to pair up
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...