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)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
a little bit; a little while
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
waste; uselessness; redundance
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person