but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
anonymous person; a nobody
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
feeling; sense; impression
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
something; what; why; how
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
while; even though; despite
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
philosophic principles; philosophy
discovery; detection; finding
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
near; close; beside; third person
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
than; from; out of; except; but; more