taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
woman; female; feminine gender
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
training (esp. in-service); induction course
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
man; male; masculine gender
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
in that way; thus; so; so?
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design