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)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
good feeling; feeling good
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
considerably; greatly; a lot
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
go that far; to that extent
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)