futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
since when; from when; how long
Aokigahara Forest (sea of trees at the base of Mount Fuji)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
society; public; community; social studies
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
physical law; laws of physics
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
anything and everything; just about everything
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to repeat; to do over again
sense of values; values; value system
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
for this very reason; that is exactly why
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
comparatively; relatively
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light