what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
honorific/polite/humble prefix
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
tool; implement; means; furniture
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be needed; to be wanted
strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
two persons; two people; pair; couple
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!