futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
great difference; major mistake
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
becoming stereotyped; becoming tedious; becoming repetitive; becoming routine; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
curiosity; inquisitiveness