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)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
opening session; anteroom
crossed eyes; convergent strabismus
to force someone out of the ring
driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler
washed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period