soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
it is not (like that) either
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
suffix for familiar person
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
adds force or indicates command
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe