older sister; elder sister
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
single word; a few words; brief comment
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to say; to tell; to state; to do
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
surely; certainly; without doubt
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned