to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
name; given name; first name
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)