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.)
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
environment; circumstance
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
second offense; second offence
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
reform; reformation; reorganization
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
please (give me); please (do for me)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
sincere; earnest; serious
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving