to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
please (give me); please (do for me)
police; police officer; police station
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
than; from; out of; except; but; more
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
that is to say; so that means
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison