to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
look!; there!; here!; that is
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
honorific/polite/humble prefix
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
serious wound; serious injury
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)