hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
originally; by nature; from the start
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
father; dad; husband; you; he
Cantor's giant softshell turtle
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
living thing; living creature; animal; life
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling