to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
within; inside of; less than
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
shopping; purchased goods
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
gathering to remember a deceased person; memorial gathering; farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary