(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to rule; to govern; to administer
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
that is to say; so that means
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
something; what; why; how
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to hammer out the details; to work out details
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
twice; again; second time
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
motherland; fatherland; native country
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
two persons; two people; pair; couple
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence