is that so? (generally rhetorical)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in that way; thus; so; so?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
perception; sensing; noticing
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
nesting hole; burrow; den
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
strong sake; firewater; rotgut
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
society; the world; the times
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to bite off; to gnaw through
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
I see; that's right; indeed
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen