New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
way; method; means; resource; course
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
duty; function; office; mission; task
failure; mistake; blunder
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
suffix for familiar person
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done