guardian; protector; patron; parent
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
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
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
even if not; even without
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
no!; no no!; no, not at all
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to detain; to check; to restrain
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
job; work; duties; trade; skill
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
in that manner; like that
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
presence (impressive quality)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion