suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
meaning; connotation; denotation
in comparison to; rather than
always; constantly; constancy; eternity; permanent residence
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
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...
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
meaning; significance; sense
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
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)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case