expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
royal capital; imperial capital
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
honorific/polite/humble prefix
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
one room apartment; studio apartment
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
subsidy; grant; subvention
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly