to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
safe; vault; storage cabinet
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
beforehand; in advance; previously
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
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
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to join together; to combine; to join up
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to subsist; to keep on living
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
hospitalization; hospitalisation
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
how; in what way; by what means