but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
living; lifestyle; living room
to gather; to collect; to assemble
each; (arch.) you (plural)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
calamity; disaster; misfortune
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
emergency early warning (cellphone, email, etc.); emergency alert
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
convenient; handy; useful
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
contract; compact; agreement
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in the future; another day; later
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
again; once more; a second time
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely