indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
instant; moment; for an instant
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively