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)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
surely (not); certainly (not)
don't you think?; indicates question
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to detain; to check; to restrain
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
spare time; free time; leisure time
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
camp stool; folding stool
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over