by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
it's not like; it isn't as if
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
no, not like that (but like this)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
one example of (when there are more examples)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)