oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already