obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to spread; to be propagated
business plan; business schedule; project
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
appointment; meeting (e.g. with a customer)
investment; contribution; financing
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
having gone too far to turn back
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
cat-eye style (in makeup); (lit.) eyes of a cat
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many