protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be infected; to be contagious
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
don't worry about it; forget about it
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such