honorific/polite/humble prefix
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
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)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
please (give me); please (do for me)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
(some) more; even more; longer; further
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
alone; by oneself; on one's own