to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
other than; excluding; without
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
God; god; ace; king; superior person
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
observation; survey; watching
to throw at; to turn; to raise