receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
police; police officer; police station
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
single-mother household; fatherless family
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
to live; to reside; to inhabit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
older sister; lass; young lady
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office