no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
rather; better; instead; if anything
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
adds force or indicates command
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
after a long time; for the first time in a while
all; entire; whole; altogether
question; inquiry; enquiry
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
English (language); English