useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to talk to oneself; to mutter
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to explain; to dispel doubts
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
based on; built on; made from
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
grudge; complaint; reproach
after a long time; for the first time in a while
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
poor physical health; bad shape
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
close; intimate; on good terms
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000