centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
very; much; greatly; a lot of
drinking party; banquet; feast
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
laths; bamboo lathing; short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to escape from; to get out
title; heading; article; benevolence; friendly feeling
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
lineage; pedigree; family line
having a wife; being married
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
versification; tanka poetry
to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
senility; dotage; decrepitude