futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
on and after; from ... onward; since
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
senior high school; high school
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
sexy; popular; well-liked
if so; in that case; in that situation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
junior high school student; middle school pupil