information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
preliminary step; first step
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
less than ...; smaller ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to differ depending on ...
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
individual; one by one; separate; each
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
since one was born; (in) all one's life
until now; so far; up to the present
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
(not) even once; (not) ever
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
episode; anecdote; vignette
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
suggestion; hint; implication
as (for); for; in the capacity of
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
the Japanese syllabary symbols