to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
just a minute; small quantity
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)