giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
female friend; woman friend
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to come to an end; to close the curtain