no!; no no!; no, not at all
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
it's been a long time; long time no see
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
name; given name; first name
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
company; corporation; workplace
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
and; thereupon; because of that
of course; certainly; naturally
but; however; provided that
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon