even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
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 mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
as far as the eye can see
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to become better; to improve
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
older sister; lass; young lady
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
from the viewpoint of; according to
profitable plan; good plan
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)