meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat
just because; even if; even though
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
clanging; empty; deserted
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
answering machine; answer phone
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
verbal message; word (from someone)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
mental; spiritual; emotional
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
well then ...; in that situation; in which case