to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
land near a castle; castle town
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to die out; to become extinct
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
oracle; revelation; divine message
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
sorry to trouble you, but ...; excuse me, but ...; pardon me, but ...
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
throbbing (pain); pounding
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
medicine bag; cartridge bag (for holding an artillery charge); powder bag
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
individual; one by one; separate; each