good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to gather; to collect; to assemble
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
with these words; while saying
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
dividing into four; quartering
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage