is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
myself; yourself; I; me; you
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
antiquity; the previous era
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
explanation; interpretation
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to be silent; to say nothing
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
serious; not joking; straight