having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily; strings of beads hanging across a doorway; bead screen
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
ten; 10; ten years of age
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement