place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
person in charge; official; attendant
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
senior high school; high school
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended
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
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
last night; yesterday evening
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip