long ago; already; a long time ago
settlement; solution; resolution
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
chapter one; first chapter
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to have meaning; to be meaningful
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
spoken language; colloquial expression
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
kanji reading and meaning
meaning; significance; sense
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
time; hour; period; class
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
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)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend