on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
practical; realistic; pragmatic
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
everyday life; daily life
largest class; top category
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
sudden change; complete change
one by one; one after another; successively
ultimate; final; last; eventual
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to drop; to let fall; to omit
how can (one) do something
to get one's head around; to think about
I see; that's right; indeed
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)