always; all the time; never; usual; regular
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
father; dad; husband; you; he
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
article; news story; report; account
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be needed; to be wanted
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
myself; yourself; I; me; you
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
manly; masculine; like a man
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
don't worry about it; forget about it
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
not caring; not giving a damn
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby