indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
hometown; rural township (of China)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
passion; temper; irritability
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to surge; to well up; to gush out
son of a bitch; piece of shit
creation; Creation (by God)
to be jealous; to be envious
alley; alleyway; bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to continue to work; to work away (at)
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to collect information; to gather knowledge
one end; an end; part; fragment
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
promotion; advancement; rising in rank