number one; first; best; most; game; round
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
in comparison to; rather than
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
father; dad; husband; you; he
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
very young; little; childish; immature
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be silent; to say nothing
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
please (give me); please (do for me)
in that way; thus; so; so?
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case