to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
relatively; comparatively
to be plump; to be chubby
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
older sister; elder sister
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
maintenance; preservation; improvement
professionalism; professional awareness
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
letter of consent; letter of intent; agreement document
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to tighten; to press hard
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
decrease; reduction; decline
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
postoperative; after surgery
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
weight loss; weight reduction; weight decrease