burst of laughter; roar of laughter
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
calamity; disaster; accident
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
overseas student; exchange student
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
because of; owing to; due to
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last