primary school; elementary school; grade school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
participation; joining; entry; adherence
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
engineering firm; contractor
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
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)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix