to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to change (one's clothes)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
receipt; cash-register slip
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
and yet; though; when; in spite of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school