why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
labor; labour; manpower; working force
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
beloved child; dear child
draw; tie; quits; even; square
understood; I see; OK; present; here
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
when it becomes; when it comes to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(some) more; even more; longer; further
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole