futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
one's whole life; one's lifetime
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
another family; another house
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
I see; that's right; indeed
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
charcoal; charred remains
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
amount of money; sum of money
as (for); for; in the capacity of
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to stop talking; to be silent
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to