wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
weave; weaving; woven item
to put one's life on the line
high-quality goods; choice goods
for some (unspecified) reason
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
god of war; (fig.) war hero
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
death (of an emperor); demise
Niigata (city, prefecture)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
stolen goods; loot; spoils
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
Nagano (city, prefecture)
consecutive victories; series of victories