useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
moisture; humidity; dampness
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
close; intimate; on good terms
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
... years old; age (of) ...
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to start working; to take action
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to perform; to play; to act
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
digital versatile disc; DVD
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
nice; likeable; desirable
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show