defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
the scruff or nape of the neck
mashed boiled green soybeans
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
particularly; only; in the case of
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
maximum allowable single-day gain (stock exchange, etc.)