unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
story; tale; talk; discussion
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
hot topic; talk of the town
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
interference; intervention; meddling
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
had better ...; had better not ...
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
at work; in the midst of work; working
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
home delivery (of food); outside catering
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly