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temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
that is to say; so that means
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
nothing but; except; no more than
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
custom; practice; convention; precedent
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
memory; sense; experience
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
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)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?