to be opposite; to face each other
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
this occasion; at this time; now
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
honour; honor; glory; privilege
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
careless person; thoughtless person
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
pleased to make your acquaintance
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt