to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
impossible; unlikely; improbable
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
reality; actuality; hard fact
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
military forces; hosts; troops
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
the place for; the time for; the level of
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
(Japanese) empress; queen
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
confections; sweets; candy; cake
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names