official name; formal name
when it becomes; when it comes to
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
royal capital; imperial capital
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
news; word; tidings; omen
complete; whole; perfect; safe
beyond this point; from now on; after this
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
condolence; sympathy; mourning
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
sense of values; values; value system
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
sound (of a sentence); euphony
lately; recently; nowadays
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
based on; built on; made from
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
expression; presentation; representation; notation
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
different opinion; objection
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
such; like that; in that way