alone; by oneself; on one's own
one more time; once more; once again
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
temporary employee placement
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
maintaining the status quo
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
and; thereupon; because of that
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
at that time; in those days
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
time; season; period; phase; stage
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove