futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
now that; since; so long as; because
evil thought; malicious motive
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to tower over the surroundings
next morning; following morning
first thing in the morning
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to set up shop; to open a store
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
thought; idea; conception
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
height of; middle of; full bloom
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
the reverse; other side; lining
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
book; volume; this; present; main; head