to be surprised; to be astonished
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
devotion; attachment; infatuation
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all