protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
hokora; small wayside shrine
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
great authority; eminent person; luminary; (lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper
possession (esp. of a territory)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
postwar period; period after Second World War
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)