established fact; fait accompli
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
rational; reasonable; logical
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to take off one's clothes; to undress
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be embarrassed; to lose face
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
something like ...; something called ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being