I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
this (very thing); this precisely
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to name; to call; to christen; to term
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
study; research; investigation
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
understanding; comprehension
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to jump upon (a moving object)
explanation; interpretation