serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
these guys; these fellows
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
surname; family name; last name
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
name; given name; first name
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
in the same manner as before; the same as always
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
father; dad; husband; you; he
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
after school (at the end of the day)