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futility

waste (of money, time, etc.)

no good

small-time candy store

geta

penny candy

medium height geta

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

horse load

geta for wear in dry weather

rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)

geta for working in rice fields

worthless book

tall wooden clogs

chatter

to chatter pointlessly

chatter

would be a waste of words

waste of time

to waste time

dead time

repairing clogs

to spoil

wasted money

dying in vain

poor piece of work

unmanageable child

geta with high supports

toe guards on clogs

poor piece of writing

idle talk

visit for no reason

geta with skating blades

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

clog shop

to make sure

blossom which fails to produce fruit

to eliminate waste

eating between meals

trash

low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)

to come to nothing

economical

to render futile

make good use of

high clogs

garden clogs

to go on a fool's errand

entirely useless

filling neutral points

low geta made of willow

to leave everything to (someone)

foolish tale

to jabber

wasted effort

hanger-on

wearing wooden clogs

living idly

ne'er-do-well

residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

packhorse

crestfish (Lophotus capellei)

shoe rack (at an entrance)

things that look similar but are completely different

lacquered geta

low wooden clogs

laboring in vain

to waste one's efforts

Azuma geta

taking the opportunity to do something

big talk

to inflate (figures)

wearing wooden clogs

poor poem

little something

reward

barking over nothing (of a dog)

Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

mongrel

horse's load

pack

always listen to your parents

leather-soled sandals (geta)

poor

to be unreasonable

tantrum

Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)

feeble joke

pack animal