cultivation; refinement; culture; education
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
for example; for instance; e.g.
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
meaning; significance; sense
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to concern; to be related
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
don't you think?; indicates question
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
ago; since; before; previous
animated TV show; cartoon