strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to ask; to enquire; to query
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
here and there; everywhere
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
association of like-minded people
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
discovery; detection; finding
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
really; truly; indeed; good grief
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity