start; commencement; beginning; initiation
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue