inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
professor; teaching; instruction
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
really; truly; indeed; good grief
in comparison to; rather than
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
spirit world; underworld; the next world
messenger; envoy; emissary
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to bring; to take; to bring about
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
in search of; in order to look for
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible