inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
to throw at; to turn; to raise
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
birth; creation; formation
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
small; fine; detailed; stingy
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
young girl; lass; adolescent female
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode