that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
such a thing; something like that
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
at work; in the midst of work; working
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")