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)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
this sort of; this type of
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
street; quarter; district; area
to change completely; to change suddenly
direct unforked road; straight path
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
feel (of a material); texture
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour