to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
directions; instructions; orders; command
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
as; because; with; due to
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
guardian; protector; patron; parent
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
outside world; physical world
minding; watching; looking out; guarding
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
dodgy dealings; monkey business
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
preference; priority; precedence
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...