zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
party-internal; within the party
to behave well (of a child)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
person standing watch; guard duty
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
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)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to take someone's life; to kill someone
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
popular spot; popular place; popular location
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
(divine) providence; dispensation
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
change; alteration; modification
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
jewel; precious stone; gem
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive