protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
land near a castle; castle town
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
leather cover; leather binding
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a few years ago; some years back
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
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
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to stop walking; to pause
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family