housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
scene; spectacle; sight; view
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
finish; finishing; finishing touches
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
each; (arch.) you (plural)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at