knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
attendant; valet; servant; follower
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
nonparticipation; nonattendance
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to need; to call for; to require
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
smoothly; easily; readily
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent