reading aloud; recitation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
how; in what way; how about
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to summon courage; to be brave
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style