bigger wave (when there are multiple waves); larger wave
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
to have a bitter experience
the sixth hour of the morning
person with a criminal record; violent criminal
making things out of dirt (for fun)
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically)
whereabouts; present location
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between; flattery; flatterer
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
ahead; before; the future
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart
breaking a lock; picking a lock
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
monetary offering; offertory
departure of a ship (from a port); setting sail; outgoing ship; ship leaving port
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup