married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
police; police officer; police station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
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
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
woman; female; feminine gender