to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
running water; flowing water; stream
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
entreaty; appeal; petition
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
prickling; stinging; tingling
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
living together; coexistence
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
armory; armoury; ordnance department
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
dancing or jumping for joy
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum