to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thought; consideration; thinking
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
transformer; trance (semi-conscious state); trance; trance music; trans; transgender
divine possession; eccentricity; irrationality; fanaticism
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
oracle; revelation; divine message
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
limited; limiting; restrictive
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now