making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to take; to catch; to capture
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
examination results; test result; test outcome
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
that is to say; so that means
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
self-control; self-restraint
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
originally; by nature; from the start
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking