trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
branch office; branch store
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
export; exportation; efferent
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
demarcation; marking of boundaries
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
form; shape; figure; visage
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to