expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
unanticipated; unexpected
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
to overflow from something full
to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
to give an impression; to make an impression
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
professor; teaching; instruction
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason