to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
land near a castle; castle town
street; quarter; district; area
fort; stronghold; fortification
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to tower over the surroundings
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
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)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
-less; lacking; non-existing
stairs; stairway; staircase
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
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
deep inside; innermost place
to sit down; to take a seat
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)