natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
the other day; a few days ago
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact