babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
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.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
company president; manager; director
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
script; screenplay; scenario
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
bolero (dance); bolero (clothing); shrug
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
that is to say; so that means
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability