futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
originally; by nature; from the start
several years; a few years
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
persecution complex; paranoia
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to make merry; to be festive
marriage between mismatched partners (esp. in terms of wealth)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection