to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
first thing in the morning
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
counter for books; volume
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to concern; to be related
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to subsist; to keep on living
uninhabited island; desert island
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
that is to say; so that means
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...