father; dad; husband; you; he
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
maid; helper; help; assistance
suffix for familiar person
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to be surprised; to be astonished
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money