sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
continuation; succession; series
24 hours; twenty-four hours
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
business; trade; operations; sales
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance