noun:

• keeping accounts; balancing accounts

noun:

• barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

noun:

• third watch of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)

noun:

• night watch; night watchman

noun:

• watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)

noun:

• keeping unleashed (e.g. dog) - From English "no lead"

noun:

• fourth watch of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am)

noun:

• ball-keeping ability; ability at keeping possession - Sports term ➜ キープ
• (hair) holding power (hairdressing product)

expression / adjective:

• keeping silent; saying nothing at all

noun:

• person standing watch; guard duty

noun:

• pin lever watch

noun:

• book-keeping journal

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping pace with; keeping abreast of; advancing together
• translation ［並進］ - Mathematics term ➜ 並進運動【へいしんうんどう】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

expression:

• you better watch your step!; sleep with one eye open!

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping soil in good condition

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• keeping over the summer

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun:

• watch battery; button cell ➜ ボタン電池

noun:

• first watch of the night (approx. 7 pm to 9 pm)

noun:

• style of watch with a rectangular face
• ornamental box
• fishing lure
• (largish) cap

noun:

• luminous watch; luminous clock

noun:

• first watch; 8-10 pm