tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
to take a breath; to take a short rest
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
menial; meanness; servility; abject
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
several times; once or twice
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
even so; anyhow; at any rate
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to take away; to carry off
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
going to sleep; falling asleep; sleeping
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
desperation; struggle to the death
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd