truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
way one walks; one's walk
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
alone; by oneself; on one's own
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
black-market lending; illegal loan
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
company; corporation; workplace
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
name; given name; first name
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout