futility;  waste;  uselessness;  pointlessness;  idleness
 hand;  arm;  forepaw;  foreleg;  handle;  hand;  worker
 readiness;  preparedness;  resolution;  resignation
 to represent;  to signify;  to reveal;  to show;  to express;  to make widely known
 recently;  lately;  these days;  nearest;  closest
 showy;  loud;  gay;  flashy;  gaudy
 to move;  to stir;  to operate;  to run;  to make a move;  to take action;  to be touched
 to be foolish;  to be stupid;  to be ridiculous
 transactions;  dealings;  business
 to turn;  to revolve;  to visit several places;  to function well;  to pass a certain time
 tortoise;  turtle;  heavy drinker;  turtle crest;  turtle mon
 natural span of life;  250 years old
 to accomplish;  to fulfill;  to carry out
 to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.);  to get in;  to get on (e.g. a footstool);  to step on;  to reach;  to go over;  to follow
 to give;  to let (one) have;  to give;  to do for one;  to take the trouble to do;  to do to someone's disadvantage
 lion;  left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
 class (of students);  group (of people);  party;  lot;  bunch;  crime family;  organized-crime syndicate
 to devote all one's energies;  to give one's everything;  to to put in all one's effort
 to protect;  to guard;  to defend;  to keep (i.e. a promise);  to abide (by the rules);  to observe
 to do;  to undertake;  to send;  to dispatch;  to put;  to move;  to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
 store;  shop;  establishment;  restaurant
 amount sold;  sales;  proceeds;  takings;  turnover
 to send;  to forward;  to hand over (e.g. money)
 nonexistent;  not being (there);  not having;  not
 here;  this place;  this point;  here;  these past ... (e.g. three years);  these last ...
 opposite side;  bottom;  rear;  back;  lining;  inside;  in the shadows
 dangerous;  unsettled;  troubled;  disturbed;  insecure
 fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes);  fox (i.e. a sly person);  soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu;  light brown;  golden brown
 composition;  formation;  organization;  organisation;  compilation
 Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama);  Inari shrine;  Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto);  fox (said to be messengers of Inari);  fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes);  inarizushi
 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
 poison;  toxicant;  harm;  evil influence;  ill will;  spite
 screw;  key (of a clock, watch, etc.);  spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
 to fly;  to soar;  to jump;  to leap;  to spatter;  to scatter;  to hurry
 to laugh;  to smile;  to sneer;  to ridicule;  to be dumbfounded;  to be flabbergasted
 organization;  organisation;  structure;  construction;  system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.);  tissue;  texture (of a rock)
 to change;  to be transformed;  to move to;  to be different;  to be uncommon
 anyhow;  at any rate;  anyway;  somehow or other;  generally speaking;  in any case