occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to face; to go towards; to head towards
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to escape from; to get out
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
matter of time; question of time
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
how long; how much; to what extent
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
indicate reason; infers some protest
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)