to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to crumble away; to collapse
silence; stillness; quietness
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)
ultimate; final; last; eventual