creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
half-wit; fool; simpleton
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)