a forest (dense collection of trees) / a shrine grove

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

to startle; to surprise; to astonish

there's no place like home, home is where you hang your hat

corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding, e.g., •¶Žš‰»‚¯, which is a corruption of 文字化け

apparition, specter, ghost

(Japanese mythology) a monster cat; a goblin cat; a cat with magical powers

just as in the old days, just as it used to be