on the occasion of; at the time of
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
catercorner; diagonally opposite
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
critical moment; do-or-die situation
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to overdo; to do too much
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
key person; important person
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
remark; statement; discourse
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
three-cornered hat; tricorne
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
quiet; still; surreptitious
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
chronological order; time series
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
personal identification number; PIN; password number
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to rank next to; to come after