futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be perturbed; to be agitated
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
way of calling (something or someone)
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
too (much); overly; excessively
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
a few seconds; several seconds
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
correction; revision; amendment
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker