today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
line; queue; procession; matrix
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
people; men and women; each person; everybody
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)