penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
woman; lady; adult female
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained