position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
movie; film; motion picture
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
living thing; living creature; animal; life
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
is something that; is that which
surroundings; environs; circumference
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
existence; being; presence
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to have a talk; to tell a story
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)