is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
use of separate surnames by a married couple
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to have a talk; to tell a story
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
mental; spiritual; emotional
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
independence; self-reliance
woman; female; feminine gender
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply