marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
literally; to the letter; literal
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
in that way; thus; so; so?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
please (give me); please (do for me)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
suffix for familiar person
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what