fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
it is not (like that) either
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
just a minute; small quantity
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
though; notwithstanding; although
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)