statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
large number (of); many; majority
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
plural; multiple; plural (number)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)