uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
tone (of voice); manner of talking
long ago; previous; of a former age
how long; how much; to what extent
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
scale; scope; plan; structure
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
educational institution; educational facilities
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to have a talk; to tell a story
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely