futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
whole story; full picture; full particulars
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
scale; scope; plan; structure
adds force or indicates command
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
by means of; due to; because of; according to
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
educational institution; school; academy; campus
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
allocation; assignment; allotment
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)