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 revere; to respect; to worship
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
to slide into; to slip into
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)