sorry; excuse me; thank you
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
older sister; elder sister
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
un-; non-; negative prefix
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
elder sister; effeminate man
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
physical condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
by myself; in person; by oneself
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
much less; to say nothing of
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
being upright and cleanhanded
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to continue; to keep up; to keep on