rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
what time; (lit.) which hour
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)