defense; defence; safeguard; protection
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
while; even though; despite
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
above; going steadily upward
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing