(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to take flight; to disappear
to chase; to run after; to pursue
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to call out; to ask someone to come
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to cease; to stop; to be over
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
as far as the eye can see
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
hunger and thirst; starvation
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
upper reaches of a river; upstream
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to