protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
time; hour; period; class
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to attack; to assault; to assail
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion