surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
such; like that; that sort of; very
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
these guys; these fellows
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
power; might; authority; influence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any