the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
general; popular; common; typical
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
incident; affair; happening; event
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
three days and three nights
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
major earthquake; large earthquake
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
eruption; volcanic eruption