to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
everything; anything; nothing
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)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
scoundrel; rascal; villain
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
resignation; acceptance; consolation
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
determination; resolution
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
long (time that has passed); old (story)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant