to speak; to hear a voice
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
impression given by a painting or image
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
article; news story; report; account
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
instant; moment; for an instant
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship