to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to throw into; to toss into
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
(some) more; even more; longer; further
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be found; to be discovered
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...