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)
suggestion; hint; implication
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to pick up; to find; to gather
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to put one's hand on; to touch
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
beyond that point; after that
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
waterfall; cataract; cascade
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
here and there; in places
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to be too late; to be too slow
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.