the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just