answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to breathe in and breathe out
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
silence; stillness; quietness
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
on the way home from school
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
after that; afterwards; thereafter
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling