town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
butting; clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
as (for); for; in the capacity of
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
although I say; although one might say; although called
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
abuse; misuse; perversion
innocent; blameless; guiltless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
but; however; provided that