preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
long (time that has passed); old (story)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
war situation; progress of a battle
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
end; close; finish; termination
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
site; point on a map; spot
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
black and white; right and wrong
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
honour; honor; glory; privilege
utmost limit; extremity; result
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people