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 withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
obedience; submission; resignation
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
sexual discrimination; sexism
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to live through; to survive
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
future (usually near); prospects
pronunciation; production of sound
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
fall; drop; descent; coming down
site; point on a map; spot
to rush over; to run up to
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to somebody's name
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
half the body; half length
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
is that so? (generally rhetorical)