to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
difficult to ...; hard to ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
report; notification; registration
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to be annoying; to be troublesome
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what