to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to recall; to remember; to recollect
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
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
how many years; how long; what year
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
possible; likely; probable
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
impossible; unlikely; improbable
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
understood; I see; OK; present; here
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
difficult to ...; hard to ...
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
rather; better; instead; if anything
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)