that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
epidemic; plague; pestilence
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
about; on; regarding; per; for every
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student