trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
No Parking; Parking Prohibited; prohibition of parking; parking ban
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
piece of cake; a walk in the park
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
than; other than; except; but
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
genius; prodigy; natural gift
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
front; frontage; facade; main
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
exemption; exoneration; discharge
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
what's the matter?; what's wrong?