to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
dozens; scores of; decades
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
in proportion to; just as much as
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
such; like that; that sort of
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
town; city; municipal; urban
of course; certainly; naturally
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
war; fighting; fierce competition
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that