appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
how; in what way; how about
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
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
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
honorific/polite/humble prefix
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine