taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
honorific/polite/humble prefix
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of