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
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between; flattery; flatterer
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
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
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
postponement; adjournment
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
chess problem; composed shogi problem
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)
night watch; night watchman