securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
watering hole; watering place
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
don't you think?; indicates question
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
settlement; solution; resolution
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
source of river; fountainhead
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move