somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
in that way; thus; so; so?
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
such; like that; that sort of; very
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism