it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
very interesting; of great interest
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
people; men and women; each person; everybody
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to feel; to sense; to experience
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to turn towards; to point
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
by means of; due to; because of; according to
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
I see; that's right; indeed
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
general; popular; common; typical
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
one by one; one after another; successively
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
explosive growth of infections; explosion of cases of an infection
literally; to the letter; literal
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats