to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
meaning; significance; sense
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to forget to say; to forget to mention
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
honorific/polite/humble prefix
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
thickness; profundity; depth
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now