shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
last line of a poem; finally
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
preparation; provision; guarding
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
main battery; main armament
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to boil strongly; to be excited
acceleration; speeding up
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)