mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
newspaper reporter; print journalist
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
very recently; in the very recent past
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in that way; thus; so; so?
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
inspection; examination; checking
the other day; a few days ago
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth