the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
why; how; for what reason
then; well; so; well then
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
right beside; close to; nearby
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
meaning; significance; sense
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)