sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
society; the world; the times
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be silent; to say nothing
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
any more; any further; any better; any longer
company president; manager; director
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
and yet; though; when; in spite of
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up