wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
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.)
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.)
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
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)
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
Nagano (city, prefecture)
consecutive victories; series of victories
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
way; method; means; resource; course
to find out; to discover; to detect
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will