hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
older sister; lass; young lady
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently