advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
island in a pond or river
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
prefectural assembly member
beforehand; in advance; previously
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
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
such; like that; that sort of; very
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
shopping centre; shopping center; mall
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to serve; to work for; to attend
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing