don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
understood; I see; OK; present; here
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
finger flick to the forehead
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
section manager; section chief
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
historical play; period drama
villain; baddie; the villain's part
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor