particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
electrical machinery; appliances
to collect; to assemble; to gather
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
than; from; out of; except; but; more
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to run around; to bustle about
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
identification; ID; identity
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
change of occupation; career change
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
(another's) daughter; young lady
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
grasp; catch; understanding
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
grudge; complaint; reproach
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago