cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
management task; administrative task
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
indicate reason; infers some protest
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
please (give me); please (do for me)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
working for a company; being employed by a company
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to look young; to seem young
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
surname; family name; last name
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)