now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
thereupon; shortly thereafter
after that; afterwards; thereafter
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
such ... as; or some such
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
please; somehow or other; one way or another
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
plump; fleshy; chubby; (walking) slowly; with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)