endless; boundless; everlasting
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
illegal; illicit; unlawful
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
how much; how many; however
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to finish reading; to read through
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
God only knows what may happen
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
looking away; looking aside
guidance; leadership; leading the way
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to think constantly about; to dwell on
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
long ago; a long time ago; already
delicate situation; choice of two evils; mixed blessing
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...