medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
and; thereupon; because of that
neighbourhood; neighborhood
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
common people; ordinary people; masses
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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)
older sister; lass; young lady
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
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
study; diligence; discount; reduction
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
adds force or indicates command