place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
then; well; so; well then
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
what kind of; what sort of; what
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
cache; place to hide something
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to accept; to receive; to agree
genuine article; real thing; real deal
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
don't you think?; indicates question
to approach; to draw near
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop