to understand;  to comprehend;  to become clear;  to be known;  I know!;  I think so too!
 today;  this day;  these days;  recently;  nowadays
 ripening (of a crop);  crop;  harvest
 yes;  yeah;  huh?;  what?;  not;  's
 to go;  to move (in a direction or towards a specific location);  to proceed;  to take place;  to pass through;  to come and go;  to walk
 what;  how many;  many;  a lot of;  several;  a few
 to be;  to exist;  to have;  to be located;  to be equipped with;  to happen
 immediately;  at once;  soon;  before long;  easily;  readily
 to call out (to);  to call;  to summon (a doctor, etc.);  to invite;  to designate;  to name;  to garner (support, etc.)
 please (give me);  please (do for me)
 Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
 you;  buddy;  monarch;  ruler;  he;  she
 yes;  that is correct;  um;  errr;  huh?;  grrr
 man;  male;  fellow;  guy;  male lover;  boyfriend
 wonderful;  marvelous;  strange;  strangely enough;  oddly enough;  for some reason
 to have a feeling (that);  to have a sensation (that)
 mobile telephone;  cellular telephone
 it's been a long time;  long time no see
 as a matter of fact;  by the way;  to tell you the truth;  to be honest;  frankly
 this;  last (couple of years, etc.);  these;  you (as in "you liar")
 near;  neighbourhood;  nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year");  close to;  shortly;  soon
 that;  it;  then;  that point (in time); (arch.)  there; (arch.)  you
 ah!;  oh!;  yes;  indeed;  aah;  gah
 what?!;  what did you say?!;  why?;  what for?;  anyone;  anything
 whole passage;  full text;  whole sentence;  full paragraph
 more and more;  all the more;  at last;  finally;  (at the) last moment;  worst possible time
 very;  greatly;  immense;  enormous;  serious;  grave
 explanation;  interpretation
 stage;  step;  level;  rank;  order;  stairs
 when it becomes;  when it comes to
 culture;  civilization;  civilisation;  Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
 and the like;  such as;  or something;  something like;  I hear that ...;  people say that...
 ethics;  ethical viewpoint;  moral value;  sense of duty;  sense of ethics
 to entangle;  to entwine;  to pick a quarrel;  to find fault;  to be involved with;  to be influenced by
 eh?;  what?;  yes;  that's correct; (arch.)  strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.)  hey
 from now on;  after this;  in the future;  from here;  from this point
 discourtesy;  impoliteness;  excuse me;  goodbye;  to leave;  to be rude
 Nagano (city, prefecture)
 counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted);  noun read using its on-yomi;  counter for articles;  indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
 there (place relatively near listener);  there (place just mentioned);  that place;  then (of some incident just spoken of);  that (of point just raised); (arch.)  you