Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
shop; small store; business; firm
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
standard; basis; principle
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
completion of construction
situation; developments; outcome
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
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)
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn; source; origin; place of production
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely