being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to discuss; to talk together
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
craft; crafting; handcrafted article; kraft paper
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point