futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
in succession; one by one
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
thickness; profundity; depth
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
staying behind; remaining; residual
the same; the said; likewise
underlying technology; technology behind (a product)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
spell; curse; incantation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of