useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
duty; obligation; responsibility
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
action of making something; -ification
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to watch over; to watch attentively
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
people; men and women; each person; everybody
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to complain; to make a complaint
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
self-torturing; masochistic
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
briskly with small steps; trotting