to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
company; corporation; workplace
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
serious; not joking; straight
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
process; course; mechanism
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
meaning; significance; sense
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
jobless university graduate
piece; fragment; one (object)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she