bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
programme; program; plans; arrangements
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
commander; general; leader
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
coincident with; while; simultaneously
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
auspicious event; celebration
should; must; -able; probably; likely
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to do together; to share; to participate in
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
complete change; about-face
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
marriage ceremony; wedding
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more