it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
inland districts; inland areas
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
having not the slightest idea
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
if you think about it; come to think of it
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
almost; roughly; approximately
shopping; purchased goods
being on duty; person on duty
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood