preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
to uncask; to open a barrel
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
legendary; fabled; fabulous
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
cesspool; sink; manure sink
combination; union; binding; bond
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion; landing (a jump in ice skating)
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
central part; heart (of a city)
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
evil design; crafty plan; plot
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
non-inflammables; incombustible (usu. waste)
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.)
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
scaling; climbing; ascending
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
the opposite direction; the other way
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to begin shooting; to shoot out