sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
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 cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
first meeting; first interview with
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
meaning; significance; sense
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
in one's own way or style
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
different thing; another question; different case
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
inside one's heart; in one's mind
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
unconditionally; as a rule
from the viewpoint of; according to
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth