to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
just a minute; small quantity
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
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 misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up; to give an air of; to make oneself seem like
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning