(bǎo zhàng, ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ) to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard [CE-DICT]
局
(きょく) (n,n-suf) (1) channel (i.e. TV or radio); station; department; (2) affair; situation; (P) [EDICT]
(つぼね) (n) (1) court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); (2) (See 曹司・1) separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); (3) room for a very low class prostitute; (4) (See 局女郎) very low class prostitute [EDICT]
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]
(なかぽち) (n) (See 中黒,中点) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT]
(なかぽつ(・;中ぽつ);なかポツ(・;中ポツ)) (n) (See 中黒,中点) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT]
(なかぐろ) (n) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT]
パ
() (n) (1) par; (2) (See ぱあ・1) paper (in rock-paper-scissors game); (3) apiece (eng [EDICT]
() (n) (1) reach; (2) leech; (3) (See 立直) being one step away from completing a game, esp. mahjong (winning, losing, game over, etc.); (P) [EDICT]
() (n) lied (German song, usu. for solo voice & piano) (ger [EDICT]
() (n,vs) (1) lead (in a game, dance, etc.); being in the lead; (n) (2) reed; (3) read; reading; (P) [EDICT]
() (n) (1) reef; (2) leaf [EDICT]
() (n) leave [EDICT]
() (n) love (ger [EDICT]
() (n) ream [EDICT]
() (n) reel; (P) [EDICT]
だ
() (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT]
() (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT]
() (prt) even [EDICT]
() (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT]
() (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT]