protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to take command; to give direction
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
family; members of a family
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be softened; to calm down