protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
this world; this life; world of the living
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
practice by repetition; learning by rote
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
imperative sentence; imperative statement
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
import; importation; introduction; afferent
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
versatility; multiplicity of use
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to stop walking; to pause
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to carry; to bring (to a place)
anticipation; expectation
folding into four; quarto