morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)