seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
such; like that; that sort of; very
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
I see; that's right; indeed
to be impressed; to greatly admire
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
taste; liking; preference
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to accept; to receive; to agree
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
while; during; while; although; all; both
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile