attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
landing; alighting; touch down
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
regret; repentance; remorse
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
cooperation; collaboration
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
remittance; sending money
foreign; abroad; overseas
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
property; fortune; means; assets
headquarters; head office; main office
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
answering machine; answerphone
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to face; to go towards; to head towards
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)