defense; defence; guard; policing; security
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
danger; peril; hazard; risk
although; but; even though; I wish that
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
and then; and so; and; so then
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
such; like that; that sort of; very
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
living person; the living
to save; to leave over; to spare
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
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)
outside of; not covered by
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
entering a faith; joining a religion
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)