to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
idea; design; motif; conception; intention
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
to need; to demand; to take; to require
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
just because; even if; even though
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable