to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be silent; to say nothing
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
how many years; how long; what year
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.
myself; yourself; I; me; you
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
name; given name; first name
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading