futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to ask; to enquire; to query
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
bedside; near one's pillow
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
negotiator; bargainer; point man
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
meaning; significance; sense
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
something like ...; something called ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
reproachful; resentful; spiteful