speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
breakwater; mole; seawall
settlement; solution; resolution
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
receipt of money; money received; receipts; depositing; deposit; payment
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
company president; manager; director
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move