personification; anthropomorphization
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
reality; actuality; hard fact
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
cosmopolitan; world citizen