to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to skip over (while reading); to skim
reading matter; reading material
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
affidavit; deposition; testimony
confusion; distraction; derangement
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
to need; to require; to take; to demand
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
another time; some other time
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window