to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to carry around; to carry on one's person
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
material; materials; data; information; documents
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
rare; uncommon; not often seen
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong