habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
threatening letter; intimidating letter
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sales promotion; hard selling
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
suffix for familiar person
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
as a child; when one was a child
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
delicious; appetizing; appetising
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
forcibly; against one's will
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing