collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
birth; creation; formation
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
and; thereupon; because of that
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
lover; boyfriend; girlfriend; soul mate
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
time; hour; period; class
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
life; living; I; me; student
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
feeling; sense; impression
now; the present time; just now; another; more
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...