talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
to be silent; to say nothing
what's what; heads or tails
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
hostility; animosity; enmity
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
name; given name; first name
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
want to ... do something; would like to ...
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
student (esp. a university student)
meaning; significance; sense
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
now that; since; so long as; because
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such