origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
understood; I see; OK; present; here
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
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)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
had better ...; had better not ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
honorific/polite/humble prefix
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology