now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be helpful; to be useful
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
now that; since; so long as; because
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
duty; function; office; mission; task
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change