waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
escaping from prison; jailbreak
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
chance (of success); odds
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
(political) power; authority; influence
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
attendance; presence; appearance
study group; study meeting
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so