to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sewing; needlework; embroidery
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
all; entire; whole; altogether
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to subsist; to keep on living
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be needed; to be wanted
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sympathy; compassion; pity
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights