answering machine; answer phone
service center; call center
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
step; stride; counter for steps
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
seedling; sapling; young tree
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
just because; even if; even though
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in that way; thus; so; so?
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
have a good day; take care; see you
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice