place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to recall; to remember; to recollect
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
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)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)