to finger; to tamper (with)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to follow another's example
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
particularly; only; in the case of
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
attendance; presence; appearance
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
that is to say; so that means
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
woman; female; feminine gender
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
something like ...; something called ...
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days