futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
at least; at most; (even) just
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
distinction; differentiation; classification
colored thread; coloured thread
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
moaning; muttering; complaining
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
particular; hard to please; fussy
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years