road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
while; during (the time when)
considerably; greatly; a lot
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
rope; cord; policeman's rope
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
remembrance; recollection; recognition
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
in that way; like that; that way
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information