story; tale; talk; discussion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
public and private; official and personal; government and people
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
mass communication; mass media
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
social responsibility; social accountability
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
family; members of a family
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
until now; so far; up to the present
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
dwelling; house; residence; living; life