as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
worst; worst-case (scenario)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
river; stream; River; the ... river
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
two persons; two people; pair; couple
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
suffix for familiar person
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to feel; to sense; to experience
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
at least; at most; (even) just
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
in that way; thus; so; so?
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up