the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
how; in what way; how about
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
company president; manager; director
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money