role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to telephone; to make a phone call
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
family; members of a family
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")