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)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
locals; local inhabitants
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
tourist information center; tourist information centre
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
Agency for Cultural Affairs
museum; reference library; archive; record office
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
even if not; even without
area; region; district; locality
treasure house; storage for valuable property
material; materials; data; information; documents
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
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.)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
club activities; extracurricular activities
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
high spirits; gleeful mood
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
to badger; to pester; to beg
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around