protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to dye; to colour; to color
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
considerably; fairly; quite
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not