to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
most of all; extremely; supremely
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
low rating; bad reputation
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency