studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
time; hour; period; class
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
honorific/polite/humble prefix
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
change of occupation; career change
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
the other day; a few days ago
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to be found; to be discovered
don't you think?; indicates question
of course; certainly; naturally
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
company; corporation; workplace
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
until now; so far; up to the present
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice