spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
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)
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
having an ancient and honorable origin
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
broad or spacious veranda; eaves
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
information board; building directory
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to loiter around; to wander about
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
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 extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
true friend; close friend
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
television program; TV program
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle