hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
from here; from this place
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
time; hour; period; class
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
very; extremely; excessively
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
cooperation; collaboration
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
first meeting; first interview with
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
with the exception of; excepting; excluding