to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
public holiday; celebration (of)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
the whole world; the seven seas
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
three sides; small offering stand
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
three; three years of age
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
emperor (of Japan); mikado
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
veil of darkness; curtain of night
long ago; a long time ago; already
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice