the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
difficult to ...; hard to ...
form; shape; figure; visage
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
heir; inheritor; successor
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
should; must; -able; probably; likely
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
reality; actuality; hard fact
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...