lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
and yet; despite (all) that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
wild chrysanthemum; aster
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
at least; at most; (even) just
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to say no more; to sink into silence
sympathy; compassion; pity
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent