blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
professionalism; professional awareness
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
simply; merely; only; solely
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
(not so) much; (not) very
opposite; reverse; contrary
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)