liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
no!; no no!; no, not at all
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to quit one's job; to resign
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be able to manage somehow or other
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily