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)
person who has rendered distinguished service
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to be talented; to be able
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
place to die; place of death
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
still (continuing); as ever; further
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
inspiration; genius; super-human skill
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized