protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
view; opinion; finding; findings
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
all (there is); as long as there is
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
source of worry; source of distress
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
number of persons; personnel
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
in proportion to; just as much as
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
different opinion; objection
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
great joy; delight; jubilation
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
key person; important person
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly