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)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought
observation; watching (developments); looking out (into the distance)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
tide; current; tendency; trend
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
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)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation