to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to sustain a serious wound
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
(giving) instruction; initiation
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
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
I see; that's right; indeed
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
had better ...; had better not ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
fresco (technique of blending wet plaster with water-based paint); (laboratory) flask
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)